Pakistan, Jan. 13 -- The federal government has so far authorized release of Rs 301.45 billion for various ongoing and new social sector uplift projects under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-20, as against the total allocation of Rs 701 billion.

According to a latest data released by Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, the government has released an amount of Rs 135.21 billion for federal ministries, Rs102.55 billion for corporations and Rs 21.7 billion for special areas under its development programme. Out of these allocations, the government released Rs 26.78 billion for security enhancement in the country for which the government had allocated Rs 32.5 billion during the year 2019-20. An amount of Rs 40.67 b...