Ministry of Housing and Works has demanded the grant of an amount of Rs9,179 million to meet the requirements of the ministry and attached departments for the current fiscal year 2022-23.
However, the “Finance Division has allocated an amount of Rs5,915 million” as per the austerity measures for the current financial year, which was conveyed to the ministry while budgetary allocation has already been finalized and approved in June 2022, an official in the ministry told APP.
The official said that Finance Division already imposed austerity on budget allocation and reduced the budgetary allocation by Rs55.163 million.—APP
