Dhaka, July 27 -- The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 12 projects with an outlay of Tk 81.49 billion (Tk 8,149.38 crore).

Of this, government financing is Tk 8,058.77 crore, project loan is Tk 143.33 crore, and the organisation's own financing is Tk 52.72 crore.

These included six new projects, four revised projects and two projects with extension of period without an increase in any cost.

The approval was given at the ECNEC meeting held on Sunday at the NEC Conference Room at the Planning Commission premises with Chief Advisor and ECNEC Chairperson Dr. Muhammad Yunus in the chair, reports UNB.

Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Expatriate Welfare an...