Finance ministry releases Rs 250 mln for conservation of houbara bustards

0
281

The Ministry of Finance Thursday released a supplementary grant of Rs 250 million for ‘Houbara Bustard and Migratory Birds Endowment Fund’ created for the conservation of the natural habitat of houbara bustards in the country.
According to a Prime Minister House statement issued here, the grant has been issued on the prime minister’s directive, who had also approved the establishment of the fund in the recent past.
Under the rules, the Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Climate Change would be coordinating with the provinces to operationalise the fund.