ECC approves Rs42.528b for ECP as technical supplementary grant

Islamabad: Economic Coordination Committee of Cabinet on Thursday approved 42.528 billion rupees for Election Commission of Pakistan as technical supplementary grant.

The approval was granted at a meeting of ECC held in Islamabad today with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the chair.

The meeting also approved 200 million rupees technical supplementary grant for Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC).

The meeting also accorded approval to summaries of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting regarding charging electricity rates to Cinema Houses and Ministry of Commerce regarding export of vegetable ghee and cooking oil from export processing zones to Afghanistan through land routes.

It also approved revised cess rates for tobacco for the year 2023-24.