KPK Budget First by PTI
Giving detail of the budget, Senior Minister Sirajul Haq says the budget has been distributed into three categories: welfare, development and administrative.
The allocation for each is as follow:
About Rs. 162 billion for welfare
About Rs. 118 billion for development
About Rs. 63 billion for administrative
Siraj says that Madinah is the model state for our government in the province.
19 Unique Points
Following are 19 unique points of the budget from KPK government:
Land record is being computerized
Thana Culture to be change right from the police station
Public can lodge FIR on telephone and Online and they do not need to go to police station
11,000 villages to be developed
10 small hydro power projets announced
Mobile courts announced for the province
Over 57 projects of sports, culture and tourism to get over Rs. 100 million
Special package for Kalash Valley minority community announced
For environment protection, the KPK government sets aside Rs. 1.27 billion
Over 157 projects for road infrastructure to get over Rs. 10 billion
Mass Transit System for Peshawar is undergoing planning phase
Subsidy of about Rs. 2 billion has been reserved on wheat
Pension, minimum, increased Rs. 5,000 from Rs. 3,000
Clean water project to be completed
Peshawar to be made ‘City of Flowers’
Green Peshawar Project announced to overhaul the city for which Rs. 1 billion has been reserved
Traffic projects to completed within current fiscal year to ensure smooth flow of traffic in Peshawar
Peshawar Uplift Project announced for which Rs. 4 billion allocated
Welfare projects for specials persons, educational institutes, beggars, women and kids announced
Some Other Vital Measures
Monitoring system comprising up to 500 monitors
Free medical treatment to 800 cancer and 26,000 TB patients
Self Sufficiency scheme to be launched under which Rs. 50,000 to 2,00,000 loan free loans will be given
Position holder student to get scholarships up to Rs. 360 million
Rs. 500 million allocated for Cancer patients
Rs. 100 million set aside for Hepatitis patients
Rs. 3 billion have been reserved for Education Emergency and Improvement Proram
As many as 15 percent increase has been made
Minimum wage to be Rs. 10,000
A brief glance of the important accounts of the budget is as follow:
1 Total Volume
About Rs. 344 Billion
2 Law and order
Rs. 52 billion
3 Deficit
Rs. 0 billion
4 Uplift Projects
Rs. 118 billion
5 ADP
Rs. 118 billion
6 Unemployed Youth
Berozgari Allowance
7 Health n Education Upto 8 increase
8 Electricity Projects Rs. 2 to 3 billion
9 Tax No New Tax
10 Terrorism Funds Rs. 22 billion
11 Current Expenditure Rs. 222 billion
12 Foreign Funds Rs. 35 billion
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