(Khalid Sibtain)
Islamabad, (Parliament Times) : Federal minister for finance and revenue, Mr. Shaukat Tarin, chaired the meeting of the economic coordination committee (ecc) of the cabinet today Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar, Federal Minister for Railways Azam Sawati, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Division Omar Ayub Khan, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research Syed Fakhar Imam, Federal Minister for Privatization Muhammad Mian Soomro, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr. Ishrat Hussain, SAPM on Power Tabish Gauhar, SAPM on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Waqar Masood, Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr. Reza Baqir, concerned Federal Secretaries and senior officers participated in the meeting.
ECC approved the request of Ministry of National Food Security and Research for the provision of 500,000MT of wheat to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa out of PASSCO stock during the crop year 2021-22 on the usual terms and conditions. All charges, including incidental charges will be borne by the Food Department, KP. Similarly, 500,000MT imported wheat was also allocated to Food Department, KP to meet the provincial requirement.
ECC approved the “Policy for Regulation of NGOs/NPOs receiving Foreign Contributions-2021”. The NGO Policy, 2021 has been designed with the aim to fostering a sense of partnership between government and non-government sectors. Furthermore, under the new policy approval process (for registration) will be completed within 60 days, maximum, through online submission of application and consultation, doing away with manual processing and eliminating long delays. The new policy seeks to expand space for credible organizations for a playing an effective role in socio-economic development while detering NGOs with dubious credentials.
ECC appreciated the efforts of Economic Affairs Division for designing the much needed policy and directed that any further suggestions/positive feed back from all the relevant stakeholders may also be incorporated in the policy and a report on the same may be shared with the forum in 4-8 weeks.
