June 29, 2021: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has approved the import of 100,000 metric tons of Sugar.

The ECC, which met in Islamabad today (Monday) with Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in the chair, also allowed the extension of general subsidy on five essential items through Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan for 15 days from next month and constituted a committee to work out the future course of action.

The committee approved a Technical Supplementary Grant worth over 19.99 billion rupees for various departments and ministries. This include10 million for Aviation Division, one billion rupees billion for payment of Disparity Reduction Allowance to concerned offices, over one billion rupees for Frontier Corps Balochistan (South), eight billion rupees for Textile Wing, and 5.8 billion rupees for utilization of foreign aid of National Disaster Risk Management Fund projects.

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