Staff Reporter
Peshawar
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has allocated an amount of Rs.1.1 billion under the Insaf Rozgar Scheme to create maximum employment opportunities in the newly merged districts (NMDs) of erstwhile FATA during the current financial year.
So far 90% of the loans have been disbursed and 100 percent disbursement will be ensured by the end of this financial year. This was revealed in a meeting held here Tuesday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair.
The meeting reviewed the progress so far made on various projects of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Department launched in the NMDs under the Accelerated Implementation Program (AIP). The meeting was informed that so far 3936 individuals of the NMDs have been provided loans under Insaf Rozgar Scheme. Similarly, another scheme worth Rs. 1100 million has also been launched for the provision of interest free loans for the development of entrepreneurship in the NMDs, it was informed and added that progress on the implementation of the scheme is as per the given timelines and it would be completed by the year 2022.
