{"id":63837,"date":"2020-04-09T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T09:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63837"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:32:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T09:32:55","slug":"pkr-50-bn-relief-package-approved-utility-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-50-bn-relief-package-approved-utility-stores.html","title":{"rendered":"PKR 50 bn relief package approved for utility stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion relief package for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/easypaisa-partners-punjab-govt-distribute-pkr-1-5-million-zakat-funds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Easypaisa partners with Punjab govt to distribute PKR 1.5 million in Zakat funds (opens in a new tab)\">Easypaisa partners with Punjab govt to distribute PKR 1.5 million in Zakat funds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the ECC also approved a PKR 2.5 billion Ramzan relief package; however the meeting did further decide to not allocate any additional funds for the month of fasting as the aforementioned PKR 50 billion relief package is already being implemented. During the session, the ECC chairman additionally directed the USC to provide basic items to the people at reduced prices in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-measure-balochistan-waives-pkr-1484-mn-taxes-fy-2019-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 breakout (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 breakout<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-shares-guidelines-on-helping-needy-amid-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab PDMA shares guidelines for philanthropists looking to help people amid lockdown (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab PDMA shares guidelines for philanthropists looking to help people amid lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ECC had already disbursed PKR 21 billion to the USC after December 2019 in order to acquire basic items. The USC Managing-Director told the ECC that they had processes in place to provide affordable items to people in the time of crises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-programme-relief-package-application-process-for-punjab-citizens-shared.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 Ehsaas Programme Relief Package: Application process for Punjab citizens shared (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 Ehsaas Programme Relief Package: Application process for Punjab citizens shared<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the Ramzan relief package will become effective on April 17. In this package, the government will provide customers essential food products at subsidized rates at utility stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-seeks-punjab-model-construction-industry-revival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-seeks-punjab-model-construction-industry-revival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nECC was informed that five basic food items would be offered at reduced prices until\nthe end of Ramzan. The meeting was informed that certain prices would remain\nstable till the end of the holy month. These included the price of ghee (PKR\n170 per kilogram [kg]), sugar (PKR 68 per kg), wheat flour (PKR 800 per 20 kg),\ngram pulses (PKR 130), and two types of rice (PKR 149 per kg and PKR 130 per kg).\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion relief package for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), a news source reported. Read: Easypaisa partners with Punjab govt to distribute PKR 1.5 million in Zakat funds As per the publication, the ECC also approved a PKR 2.5 billion Ramzan relief package; however the meeting did further decide to not allocate any additional funds for the month of fasting as the aforementioned PKR 50 billion relief package is already being implemented. During the session, the ECC chairman additionally directed the USC to provide basic items to the people at reduced prices in the wake of the COVID-19 breakout. Read: Punjab PDMA shares guidelines for philanthropists looking to help people amid lockdown The ECC had already disbursed PKR 21 billion to the USC after December 2019 in order to acquire basic items. The USC Managing-Director told the ECC that they had processes in place to provide affordable items to people in the time of crises. Read: COVID-19 Ehsaas Programme Relief Package: Application process for Punjab citizens shared Reportedly, the Ramzan relief package will become effective on April 17. In this package, the government will provide customers essential food products&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":63188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017,15020],"tags":[21953,25652,25653],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-economic-coordination-committee-ecc","10":"tag-ramzan-relief-package","11":"tag-utility-stores-corporation-usc","12":"cat-15017-id","13":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PKR 50 bn relief package approved for utility stores - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion relief package for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-50-bn-relief-package-approved-utility-stores.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PKR 50 bn relief package approved for utility stores - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion relief package for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-50-bn-relief-package-approved-utility-stores.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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