ISLAMABAD:The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved supplementary grants worth over Rs36-billion in favour of various departments and ministries, including over Rs10-billion to procure vaccines and syringes for un-interrupted supply to the provinces.

The ECC, which met here in Islamabad on Wednesday with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the chair, allowed Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited based fertilizer plants such as Fatima Fertilizer and Agritech to operate till the end of August this year to meet requirement of the urea fertilizer in the country.