Rs75b allocated for AJK, GB, Rs64b for tribal districts

Islamabad: Presenting the budgetary proposals in the National Assembly, Muhammad Aurangzeb said 75 billion rupees have been set aside for special areas including AJK and Gilgit Baltistan,  64 billion rupees for merged district and 79 billion rupees for Science and IT.

Similarly, he said that fifty billion rupees are being set aside for production sector including agriculture.

The Finance Minister said priority will be given to the projects which were approved in accordance with the guidelines of National Economic Council.