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Islamabad, February 27, 2018 (PPI-OT): 43rd meeting of the Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research was held today at 11:00 a.m. in Committee Room of National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad under the Chairmanship of Malik Shakir Bashir Awan, MNA. Secretary, Ministry of National Food Security and Research brief the Committee about the implementation status of the previous recommendations of the Committee and also briefed about the Bill “The National Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health Regulatory Authority Bill, 2017”. After detail deliberations the Committee deferred the said Bill till its next meeting.
The Committee was given briefing by the Secretary, Ministry of National Food Security and Research on Ministry’s Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for the financial year, 2018-19. He informed that there are 18 On-going Projects costing Rs.6471.285 million, 10 New-Approved Projects amounting Rs. 546.184 and 26 Un-Approved Projects worth Rs. 8846.214. The total budgetary proposals regarding PSDP for the FY-2018-19 were Rs.4183.441 million. After detailed discussion and certain observations of the Committee, the budgetary proposals were unanimously approved.
The Committee also directed, the Ministry to complete all the projects relating to the PSDP in due time to avoid lapses of funds and un-necessary delay. Choudhary Iftikhar Nazir, Chaudhary Nazeer Ahmed, Ms. Shahnaz Saleem, Ms. Khalida Mansoor, Pir Shafqat Hussain Jillani, Mr. Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilalani and Dr. Fouzia Hameed MNAs attended the meeting. The meeting was also attended by Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan, Minister for National Food Security and Research and other senior officers of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
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