The government has so far released an amount of Rs 79.396 million for the automation project of Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2017-18.

During the ongoing year, an amount of Rs 202.106 would be spent on the project as per the allocations of PSDP (2017-18), official sources said. The total cost of the project has been estimated at Rs879.8 million, out of which Rs 202.106 were earmarked to be released during the current fiscal year, according to APP.

The total cost of the CDNS automation project has been estimated at Rs 879.8 billion which aims at bringing more branches of the National Savings under the automation system.