ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Monday approved 18 summaries seeking technical supplementary grants (TSGs) worth Rs56.03 billion for various ministries and divisions.
According to a press release issued by the finance ministry, the ECC meeting, chaired by Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb, took up a number of summaries from various ministries and divisions seeking TSGs, besides other crucial matters brought to the cabinet body.
The committee approved Rs1.259bn TSG for the Ministry of Finance to return the amount to the Sindh government as unutilised funds from the wheat seed cash reimbursement programme.
It approved Rs5.6bn for the Ministry of Finance as rupee cover for the ADB-funded Women Inclusive Finance (WIF) project; Rs231.893 million for the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control; Rs64m for the Ministry of Interior; Rs50m for the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to support Pildat; Rs90m for the Petroleum Division for execution of gas schemes in Punjab; and Rs100m for the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety.
The committee also approved Rs1.889bn TSG for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for clearing advertising liabilities and other expenditures; Rs2.150bn for the Ministry of Housing and Works for onward transfer to Pakistan Infrastructure Development Company Limited; Rs1.70bn for the Ministry of Defence for technological upgrade of ISPR; Rs400m for the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control for development expenditure; and Rs40.34bn for the Economic Affairs Division on account of revised budget estimates for FY25.
In addition, the ECC also approved Rs2.232m TSG for the Ministry of Law and Justice for reimbursement of funds to CDA; Rs2.750m for the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training for the Prime Minister’s Youth Skill Development Programme; Rs750m for the Power Division for development expenditure; Rs1.2bn for the Ministry of Interior for arrangement of 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of State of the Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) in Islamabad; Rs14m for the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit-Baltistan for employees-related expenditure; and Rs294m for the Ministry of Finance.
The ECC also took up and approved a summary by the Power Division for approval of a tripartite power purchase agreement of 1,145MW Karachi Nuclear Plant Unit-2 (K-2) and Unit-3 (K-3) at Karachi.
On a summary by the Petroleum Division, the committee approved the Machike-Thallian-Tarrujabba White Oil Pipeline project, but deferred the matter until the next ECC meeting.
The ECC also approved an amendment to import policy order for state-owned defence production entities and their commercial subsidiaries. It also approved a proposal of the Finance Division for the establishment of Women Inclusive Finance Support Fund Trust under the ADB-funded women inclusive finance project.
Published in Dawn, June 3rd, 2025
