{"id":23047,"date":"2024-12-23T07:35:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T07:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=23047"},"modified":"2024-12-23T07:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T07:35:22","slug":"adb-approves-330-million-aid-for-social-protection-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=23047","title":{"rendered":"ADB approves $330 million aid for social protection programs."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241223_122916-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241223_122916-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241223_122916-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241223_122916-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241223_122916.jpg 1348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Work on development projects continuing with ADB\u2019s cooperation under SIFC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : Work on seven development projects has been continuing with the cooperation of the Asian Development Bank under the banner of Special Investment Facilitation Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sixteen more developments are expected to be commenced next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing development projects include modernization of Pakistan&#8217;s power transmission system at a cost of 200 million dollars. Besides, installation of smart meters has been approved for the power distribution companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ADB also approved an additional aid of 330 million dollars for social protection programmes in Pakistan with a special focus on the health and education of women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An additional funding of 500 million dollars has been received, which is recognition of Pakistan&#8217;s effective efforts to counter the negative impact of the climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work on development projects continuing with ADB\u2019s cooperation under SIFC Islamabad : Work on seven development projects has been continuing with the cooperation of the Asian Development Bank under the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[351,350,533],"class_list":["post-23047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-main-stories","tag-adb-country-director","tag-asian-development-bank-adb","tag-special-investment-facilitation-council-sifc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23049,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047\/revisions\/23049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}