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Punjab government releases Rs 5.75 billion for development projects

2018-10-31

Of the Rs 5.75 billion released by the Punjab Government, Rs 1.25 billion was given to the department of local government and Rs 500 million and Rs 2 billion was released for governance reforms and retrial benefits, respectively. An amount of Rs 2 billion is given against power subsidy. The funds that are released for governance reforms departments would be utilised to provide citizen centric services to the people in a time-bound manner. The local government is also said to spend the money to provide civic amenities under the urban development projects.