ISLAMABAD, Nov 9 (APP): The federal government has allocated
Rs. 3960.703 million for 165 development schemes in Federal
Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) during the financial year 2015-16.
Last year, the government had allocated Rs. 3865.706 million
for 150 development schemes, said a document of the Ministry of
States and Frontier Regions.
In health, the government allocated Rs. 282.50 million for
family planning in financial year 2014-15 and Rs.50 million for FATA
Health Nutrition Programme.
Talking to APP, an official of Ministry of States
amd Frontier Regions said that the federal government was taking
several other steps to improve the living standard of FATA people
and announced more incentives soon.