Minister of State for Finance, Hammad Azhar says the government has proposed mega development schemes for far-flung areas of erstwhile FATA and Balochistan in the current budget.
Talking to media outside the Parliament House, Islamabad, he said that an amount of 152 billion rupees has been allocated for erstwhile FATA whereas government will also implement the decision of allocating 1,000 billion rupees as agreed amount for erstwhile FATA in 10 years.
Hammad Azhar said an amount of 43 billion rupees has been allocated for Karachi city where nine mega projects will be initiated besides Kamyab Jawan programme.
He said that measures have been adopted to generate revenues for allocation of funds for development schemes throughout the country particularly in less developed areas.