{"id":65463,"date":"2020-05-15T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65463"},"modified":"2020-05-14T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T10:52:13","slug":"ecc-approves-pkr-50bn-package-agriculture-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecc-approves-pkr-50bn-package-agriculture-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"ECC approves PKR 50bn package for agriculture sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion package for the agriculture sector, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-initiates-stern-action-illegal-constructions-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LDA initiates stern action against illegal constructions in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ECC meeting was chaired by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. During the proceedings, the session was presented with a PKR 56.6 billion package proposal for the agriculture sector; with the ECC deciding to allocate only PKR 50 billion against the request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/major-markets-lahore-resume-business-after-ease-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Major markets in Lahore resume business after ease in lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, the ECC directed the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to rationalise in line with the Prime Minister\u2019s PKR 100 billion corona relief package on an equitable basis for the agriculture sector and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/details-shared-electricity-bill-waiver-limits-smes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)<\/a>. The government has already disbursed PKR 50 billion for SMEs to provide indirect cash assistance to about 3.5 million people through prepaid electric power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/restoration-of-lahore-forts-shah-burj-gate-completes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WCLA completes restoration work at Lahore Fort\u2019s Shah Burj Gate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government, reportedly, is set to provide a subsidy of PKR 36 billion to farmers on fertilizers, such as urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), under the agriculture package. Additionally, it will grant subsidies worth PKR 2.3 billion on cotton seeds and PKR 8.8 billion for mark-up on loans. The agriculture package will also include a subsidy of PKR 2.5 billion on the sales tax accrued on locally-made tractors for one year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion package for the agriculture sector, a news source reported. Read: LDA initiates stern action against illegal constructions in Lahore The ECC meeting was chaired by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. During the proceedings, the session was presented with a PKR 56.6 billion package proposal for the agriculture sector; with the ECC deciding to allocate only PKR 50 billion against the request. Read: Major markets in Lahore resume business after ease in lockdown Further, the ECC directed the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to rationalise in line with the Prime Minister\u2019s PKR 100 billion corona relief package on an equitable basis for the agriculture sector and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The government has already disbursed PKR 50 billion for SMEs to provide indirect cash assistance to about 3.5 million people through prepaid electric power. Read: WCLA completes restoration work at Lahore Fort\u2019s Shah Burj Gate The government, reportedly, is set to provide a subsidy of PKR 36 billion to farmers on fertilizers, such as urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), under the agriculture package.&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":[15012],"tags":[28899,21953,29093],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-adviser-to-the-prime-minister-on-finance-and-revenue-dr-abdul-hafeez-shaikh","9":"tag-economic-coordination-committee-ecc","10":"tag-package-for-agriculture-sector","11":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECC approves PKR 50bn package for agriculture sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion package\" \/>\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\/ecc-approves-pkr-50bn-package-agriculture-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECC approves PKR 50bn package for agriculture sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a PKR 50 billion package\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecc-approves-pkr-50bn-package-agriculture-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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