ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (NEC) has been summoned on 29th August.
The meeting will be chaired by the Advisor to the Treasurer Abdul Hafeez Sheikh. Finance Ministry sources said that a 9-point agenda would be considered in the meeting.
According to the sources, seven projects of the Prime Minister’s 5-year National Agricultural Emergency Program will be on the agenda.
Under the program, the federal province will spend Rs309 billion on agriculture, propose plans to increase wheat production and rice production.
The plan to increase sugarcane production is on the agenda while the oil seed program will also be discussed.
In addition to being included in the agenda for crab farming, the Cage Culture Cluster Development Program will also be submitted for approval.
According to sources, phase one of the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami program will also be submitted for the approval.
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