Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has approved over eight billion rupees in favor of various ministries.

According to Radio Pakistan, the ECC, chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, sanctioned a Technical Supplementary Grant of 1.945 billion rupees for the Ministry of Defence, 5.276 million rupees for the National Commission on the Status of Women, 2,583.124 million rupees for Information and Broadcasting, 1.5 billion rupees for Federal Education and Professional Training, and 650.357 million rupees for the Ministry of Interior.

Additionally, the ECC approved a request from the Ministry of Interior to settle outstanding liabilities of 1.72 billion rupees with M/s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. This payment is directed towards clearing the remaining five percent of the contract cost for the Safe City Project Islamabad.

The committee also allocated 1.679 billion rupees to continue the Prime Minister’s Relief Package through the Utility Stores Corporation in the current fiscal year. Furthermore, the ECC has imposed a ban on the import of Polyol blended with HCFC-141b and HCFC-142b, effective from the end of this month.

Moreover, the ECC gave its assent to a proposal declaring Warehousing as an Industry.