Manual for Development Projects - Planning Commission

Manual For Development Projects
as members. The schemes initiated by the Provincial/Federal Corporations are also processed
through these bodies.
6.13 The projects meant for approval of CDWP/ECNEC are processed through the above bodies
and passed on to the Planning and Development Division where these are examined by the various
Technical Sections concerned and a Working Paper is prepared and placed before the Central
Development Working Party (CDWP). The financial powers of the various bodies, viz., PDWP,
DDWP and the CDWP are given at Annexure-XX. The schemes above Rs 100 million are
considered by the ECNEC, which is headed by the Adviser to the Prime Minister for Finance and
Economic Affairs. The ECNEC comprises the representatives of the Provincial Governments and
the Federal Ministries/Divisions. The composition and charter of the ECNEC is given in
Annexure-XXII. The Cabinet Division is the Secretariat of the ECNEC.
Submission of Schemes to the Competent Authority
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6.14 The basic principle of review of projects, both at the Federal as well as Provincial levels,
should be that projects are examined jointly and simultaneously rather than in succession. A copy
of "Procedure for Preparation and Approval of Development Schemes" approved by the National
Economic Council in July, 1959 is at Annexure-XXIII for guidance.
6.15 In accordance with para 8 of the above procedure, copies of PC-I/PC-II have to be sent by
the sponsoring Provincial Governments and the Federal Ministries to the Planning and
Development Division and other members of the Central Development Working Party for
simultaneous examination. The composition and Charter of the CDWP is given in Annexure-
XXIV.
6.16 The number of copies required by the Planning and Development Division which acts as the
Secretariat of the CDWP, has been specified from time to time according to the requirements of
the Cabinet Division, who act as the Secretariat of the ECNEC, depending on the increase or
decrease in the membership of ECNEC. The position as of January 1989 viz-a-viz the number of
copies required by the Planning Commission is as follows:-
i) Provincial & Federal Schemes requiring approval of ECNEC = 100 copies.
ii) Federal Schemes requiring approval of CDWP only = 45 copies.
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