PSDP 2017-18: Govt allocates Rs812m for 27 projects of info ministry
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ISLAMABAD: The sovereign supervision has allocated Rs811.788 million for a 27 projects of a Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage in a Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2017-18. Last year, a volume allocated for a ministry’s 22 projects was of Rs116 million.
Out of this sum Rs811.78million, Rs174 million has been allocated for a 12 ongoing projects while Rs637 million has been earmarked for 15 new schemes. Many of these schemes are associated to upgrading of state-run Pakistan Television (PTV).
These new schemes embody a plan for transforming a prolongation and delivery of PTV News into high clarification or HD channel and changing a satellite delivery from PTV Home to DVB-SD2 with H.264/H.265 Compression. An volume of Rs20 million has been allocated for this upgrading.
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An volume of Rs10 million has been allocated for confidence measures and revamping of news operations in Islamabad and all provincial capitals. An volume of Rs10 million has been allocated for substantiating channel ranking and information centre.
For a investiture of digitalised repository library during Islamabad’s F-5/1 zone an volume of Rs10 million has been allocated.
A National Film Academy will also be determined during Islamabad’s H-9 zone with an volume of Rs20 million. For a deputy of apparatus of studio and control room for a PTV Academy an volume of Rs50 million has been allocated.
Among a ongoing schemes, a supervision has allocated Rs50 million for 100KW Gwadar’s projects, Rs19 million for rebroadcast hire in Kharan area of Balochsitan and Rs14 million for a rebroadcast hire in Bar Khan area.
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