PSDP

Technical assistance missions are separate from any programme review missions

Adds 47 more schemes in the PSDP to keep coalition partners happy

Stakeholders express optimism about measures taken for agriculture sector

Meagre funds will result in slowdown of work, increase in completion period of projects

Planning minister says the outlay of the development budget will be Rs800 billion

42% of projects belong to provinces, should be funded by them, says Ahsan Iqbal

With whopping funds unspent and no ministry ensuring effective utilisation, experts anticipate risk of lapse

Reduction might increase completion period of existing projects to more than 11 years

Minister says govt committed to accelerating policies to enhance social wellbeing of people 

The project will be completed on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis