The federal government has released Rs3.1 billion for the agriculture sector under the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2023-24 against the total allocation of Rs8.850 billion.
According to an official of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFS&R), the amount was released during the first six months of the current financial year for the completion of different ongoing development schemes, besides initiating the new projects of vital importance. Out of the total released funds, an amount of Rs429.97 million was spent so far on different development schemes during the period under review for achieving sustainable agriculture growth and economic development of the country.
