ISLAMABAD: As the country’s inflation is at an all-time high, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved Rs4billion Technical Supplementary Grant (TSG) for defence forces to meet financial requirements of rations, utilities, medical services and POL, well informed sources told to news reporters.
On May 24, 2023, Defence Division sought permission of the Chairman ECC/ Finance Minister to table the summary as an additional item in view of the exigency in the matter while Chairman ECC allowed submission of the summary before the ECC.
The ECC was informed that annual allocation of defence budget amounting to Rs. 1.563 trillion was made to Defence Division at the start of CFY 2022-23, of which an amount of Rs. 607.494 billion was allocated for Employee Related Expenses (ERE) and Rs. 1.1555 trillion billion for non-ERE.
