P&D reviews annual development plan
A review meeting on Punjab Government's Annual Development Plan (ADP) 2021-22 chaired by P&D Board Chairperson Abdullah Khan Sumbal was held at Planning and Development Department, Lahore on Wednesday.
The meeting focused on reviewing Punjab's development profile and in particular the status of ADP 2021-22 in perspective of allocated budget, releases and utilisation.
The P&D chairperson urged the departments to continue with focused efforts in their sectors to ensure proper utilisation of public funds.
P&D Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch, briefed that against 4,688 unapproved schemes at the beginning of the financial year, 4,126 (92 percent) schemes had been approved.
The budget allocated for ADP was Rs560 billion, whereas, releases at spending level stood at Rs118 billion.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 12th, 2021.