The Central Development Working Party has approved 17 development projects worth 33 billion rupees and recommended nine projects worth 867 billion rupees to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council for its consideration.

The approval was granted during today's meeting of CDWP that was held in Islamabad with Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan in the chair.

Two projects related to Agriculture and Food sector were approved by the forum. These include National Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Programme worth 3000 million rupees and Pakistan Model Agriculture Research Center worth 4000 million rupees.

A project related to Energy Sector presented in the meeting namely Supply of gas to Localities falling within 5 km Radius of villages of Gas producing Fields-SSGCL worth 1093.439 million rupees was approved by the forum.

Four projects related to Mass Media were also approved by the forum. These include  Revamping of PTVC worth 1969.920 million rupees, Upgradation and replacement of 300 KW Medium Wave Transmission at HPT Khuzdar Balochistan worth 1540 million rupees, Upgradation and replacement of 100 KW Medium Wave Transmission at HPT Quetta Balochistan worth 1068.982 million rupees and Feasibility Designing and Construction of National Library and Leaning Centre worth 250 million rupees.

A project related to Industries and Commerce was presented in the meeting namely Invest Pakistan costing 1,229.929 million rupees. The forum approved the project. 

Another project related to Governance named National Economic Transformation and 5Es Unit worth 2824.35 million rupees was also approved by the forum.

Two projects related to Water Resources sector were also approved by the forum.  These include Feasibility Study of Integrated Development of Chitral, Swat and Kabul Rivers worth 1643.81 million rupees and Flood Management Enhancement Project-JICA Grant Initiatives worth 118.606 million rupees.