Islamabad, September 28, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives while addressing the officers belonging to the Economic and Technical Sections of the Ministry in a meeting appreciated the role and performance of the officers in development of the country.
He highlighted that during his last tenure (2013-18) as Federal Minister for Planning, the Ministry was able to save/rationalize the cost of the development projects amounting to Rs.700 billion which is equivalent to the size of current PSDP. The Honourable Minister was apprised that during current fiscal year the officers of the Ministry were able to save/rationalize an amount of Rs.133 billion whereas the cost implication in case of Executive Allowance is only Rs.189 million.
The respected Minister listened to the problems and grievances of the officers patiently. The officers informed Honourable Minister that the immediate matter of unrest amongst the officers is the discrimination in grant of Executive Allowance, only granted to few officers.
The Minister agreed that the officers of this Ministry also deserve the Executive Allowance in Federal Secretariat owing to their technical nature of work and contribution towards national exchequer due to scrutiny of public sector portfolio. He further mentioned that he will take the matter with the Finance Minister on immediate basis.
He further asked and urged the officers not to lose hope and continue their duties for betterment of the country with dedication. The Minister also said that reward will be granted to well performing officers and officials of the Ministry. He asked the officers to give actionable suggestions for improvement in service structure of the officers of Economists Group and Technical Sections.
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