ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid said Wednesday approximately 209,323 personnel, excluding the security personnel would be required for the conduct of census 2016.
Responding to a question on behalf of Ministry for Finance, Statistics and Economic Affairs Division, he said as per decision of CCI, the Census would be conducted under the supervision of Armed Forces and the field force would be provided by the provincial governments like education, health, revenue and local government departments.
He said the exact number of security personnel required has to be worked out, keeping in view various options and giving highest priority on the deployment of Armed Forces on frontiers.
He said an amount of Rs. 14.5 billion would be incurred on conducting of census-2016, which was to be shared from divisible pool by all provinces jointly. He said the field operation would be completed in two months.
To another question, he said, currently, no financing was extended by banks for solar tube-wells in Balochistan. However, he said, a scheme was being finalized by the government which would provide interest free loans for installation of 30,000 solar tube wells over the coming three years in the country.
He said the government would provide markup subsidy to small farmers.
