Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chaired the Economic Coordination Committee meeting of the Cabinet. Photo file
Islamabad: The economic coordination committee of the cabinet has approved the five billion rupees Ramadan relief package 2023, while it has also approved the abolition of storage charges imposed on containers and cargoes standing at the ports, and also called for a monthly report on the abolition of storage charges. .
According to the Ministry of Finance, 19 essential items will be subsidized through utility stores in the month of Ramadan under the Ramadan relief package approved in the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet to be held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
In the meeting of ICC, 1 billion 33 crores in the form of 3 technical grants for the Ministry of Housing and Works, 700 crores technical grant for MNAs, funds for the headquarters of North and South FC in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 2 technical grants for the Ministry of Interior. 3 crore 20 lakh rupees have been approved for grants.
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In the meeting, the support price of wheat for the year 2022-23 was fixed at Rs. The imposition of surcharge has also been approved.
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