Gov’t spends record Rs 208 bln on development projects in 6 months: Asad Umar

MG News | January 21, 2021 at 04:17 PM GMT+05:00

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Jan 21, 2021: Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Thursday said the federal government had spent a record Rs 208 billion on development projects under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) during the first six months of the current fiscal year.

“This amount is 32 percent of total development outlay for the year 2020-21 which is the highest in eight years,” Asad Umar said in a tweet.

He said the journey of sustainable development under the incumbent government was getting pace which would continue in coming years.

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