ISLAMABAD: The federal government has so far authorized release of Rs464.707 billion for various ongoing and new social sector uplift projects under its Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2019-20, as against the total allocation of Rs701 billion.
Under its development program, the government has authorized release of an amount of Rs193.073 billion for federal ministries, Rs157.716 billion for corporations and Rs34.215 billion for special areas, according to a latest data released by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform.
Of those allocations, the government has authorized release of Rs38.45 billion for security enhancement in the country.
An amount of Rs77.655 billion has also been authorized to be released for the blocks managed by the Finance Division under the government’s 10-year development program.
For the Higher Education Commission, the government has authorized an amount of Rs22.38 billion out of its total allocation of Rs29 billion, while Rs229.470 million have been released for the Pakistan Nuclear Energy Authority against Rs301.48 million allocations in the development budget.
Under the current year’s development agenda, the government has authorized release of Rs145.009 billion for the National Highway Authority (NHA) against its allocations of Rs154.96 billion.
Under annual development agenda, the government has also released Rs10.143 billion for the Railways Division out of total allocation of Rs16 billion; Rs6.087 billion for the Interior Division; and Rs7.53 billion for the National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Division.
The Revenue Division received Rs4.26 billion, whereas the Cabinet Division received Rs30.175 billion for which an amount of Rs39.986 billion had been allocated for the year 2019-20.
The government also released Rs21.167 billion for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) block and other projects out of its allocations of Rs27.26 billion and Rs13.047 billion for Gilgit Baltistan (block and other projects).
