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The Federal government has released Rs 248.15 billion (35 % of total budgeted for the year) under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various development projects against a budgeted allocation of Rs 700 billion for 2015-16. The government has not yet released funds to ministries of Religious Affairs and Inter Faith Harmony and Textile Industry.
According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, a total of Rs 7.8 billion has been released for Railways Division out of Rs 41 billion earmarked in the PSDP (2015-16). The government released Rs 5.96 billion for various projects of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission out of its total budgeted allocation of Rs 30.4 billion earmarked under PSDP for 2015-16. A sum of Rs 330.56 million has been released for Planning, Development and Reforms Division out of Rs 13.68 billion budgeted for the year. According to the data, the government released Rs 5.76 billion for Interior Division for which Rs 8.3 billion was earmarked in the budget of current year. The government also released Rs 420 million for Science and Technology, Research Division out of its budgeted allocation of Rs 1.1 billion.
The government released Rs 5277.12 million for Aviation Division out of Rs 3.9 billion budgeted for this year. A total of Rs 427.87 million has been released for Cabinet Division, Rs 418.6 million for Capital Administration and Development Authority, Rs 42.45 million Communication Division (other than NHA), Rs 1.1 billion for Defence Division and Rs 35.5 million for Establishment Division.
The Planning Commission has released Rs 1.77 billion for Finance Division out of its budgeted allocation of Rs 9 billion while Rs 883.52 million has been released for Federal Education and Professional Training Division. The federal government has also released Rs 53.79 billion for Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA - Power sector) out of the Rs 112.8 billion budgeted while Rs 11.77 billion has been released for WAPDA (Water sector) out of Rs 30 billion.
The Commission released Rs 6.4 million for Climate Change Division, out of its total allocation of Rs 39.75 million while Rs 119.24 million has been released for Revenue Division out of total budgeted allocation of Rs 335 million. The government released Rs 29.32 billion for National Highway Authority against the total allocation of Rs 159.6 billion for current fiscal year. The Planning Commission released Rs 18.7 billion for Higher Education Commission against the total allocation of Rs 31.1 billion.
The government has also released Rs 2.2 billion for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra), out of its total annual allocation of Rs 7 billion; and a sum of Rs 4.7 billion has been released for AJK development projects out of its annual allocation of Rs 13.3 billion.
The government released Rs 4.92 billion for development projects of Gilgit-Baltistan with Rs 9.94 billion budgeted for the current year. A total of Rs 10.38 billion has been released for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) against the total allocation Rs 19.7 billion.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2015

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