Showing posts with label Youth Loan Scheme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Youth Loan Scheme. Show all posts

08 January 2014

A critique of Youth Business Loan Scheme

Courtesy: The Lahore Times


In an attempt to flatter the disgruntled youth, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the Youth business loan scheme. This scheme will provide loans ranging from 0.1 million to 2 million to Pakistani citizens within age bracket of 21 to 45 years. The total funds reserved for this scheme are 100 billion for one year. This is a large scale program and huge amount of taxpayers’ money is at stake. This has generated a wave of happiness and debate for certain reasons and millions of eligible persons are applying for this scheme. In my humble opinion this scheme is nothing more than a poorly conceived political stent in the guise of a development plan to win the youth of Pakistan who has been badly disappointed by current government so far.