Climate Change Gets Rs 9.6b Budget

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Islamabad: The federal government has allocated Rs 9.6 billion under the Public Service Development Programme (PSDP) for the Climate Change Division in the fiscal year 2022–23.

According to a budgetary document released on Friday, an amount of Rs 9.5 billion has been allocated for ongoing schemes, while Rs 100 million was earmarked for a new scheme in the PSDP 2022–23.

The ongoing schemes include capacity building on water quality monitoring and SDG 6 (6.1) reporting for Rs 23 million, as well as the Climate Resilient Urban Human Settlements Unit at an amount of Rs 19 million.

The maximum allocations were earmarked for scaling up the Green Pakistan Programme (Revised) for Rs 9.4 billion.

An amount of Rs 100 million was allocated for the much-awaited Islamabad Zoo project that would be transformed into a wildlife sanctuary and animal preserve zone.