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April 22 , 2017

Punjab to launch Orange Cab Scheme this year: Shahbaz

Says one lakh vehicles will be given to unemployed
youths on soft terms; digital payment system will end corruption;

seeks proposals from cabinet committee

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif chaired a meeting here Friday to review proposals for launching the Orange Cab Scheme and digital system of payments. The chief minister directed to constitute a cabinet committee and said that the committee should submit final proposals in the next few days about both programmes.

Addressing the meeting, Shahbaz Sharif said that the Orange Cab Scheme will be initiated this year and one lakh vehicles will be given to unemployed youths under this scheme on soft terms.

One lakh youths will get jobs under this scheme and six lakh people of thousands of families will benefit and the Orange Cab Scheme will result in increasing job opportunities. He said the Punjab government has already given 50,000 vehicles to youths under Apna Rozgar Scheme.

Shahbaz Sharif directed to present recommendations for promotion of small and medium enterprises. He also ordered to review the provision of tractors to small cultivators at grace rates. He said there is a dire need of the state-of-the-art driving school; so steps in this regard should be opted soon.

He said the Punjab government had promoted E-governance and culture of transparency in the province and ensured quality in the development projects. He said that digital payment system will end corruption, fraud and facilitate the people as E-Cards will provide different services to the customers. Digital system will also provide relief to farmers and the process to redress damages from natural disasters will be improved, he added.

 

Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk


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