“ It is the first-ever digital poverty survey in the country for which 20, 000 laptops were purchased for survey teams.... “ So far we have established 350 desks.... With an increase in the number of beneficiaries, the government also enhanced the fund for the programme to Rs250 billion....

ISLAMABAD: Amid double-digit inflation recorded at 11.5 per cent in November, the Economic Coordination Committee( ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday did not approve an additional subsidy on five essential kitchen items for two months and green-lighted an increase of 23-25pc in dealers’ and oil companies’ commission on petrol and diesel effective from Dec 16. The brief meeting of the ECC presided over by Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan immediately stamped decisions taken by a technica