The total size of the Public Sector Development Programme for 2004-05 is Rs 202 billion against Rs 160 billion for the outgoing fiscal with Rs 148 billion and Rs 54 billion for federal and provincial development programmes, respectively.
According to the annual plan, the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2004-05 includes Rs 56.4 billion as foreign aid against Rs 43.9 billion in the last budget. The federal government will get Rs 35.6 billion in foreign aid, while the provinces share is Rs 20.8 billion.
The overall size of the PSDP for next fiscal represents 3.3 percent of projected GDP, which is higher than the last year's PSDP/GDP ratio of 2.9 percent, the budget document said.
An amount of Rs 1,450 million have been allocated for Madressah reforms (teaching of formal subjects in Madaris), which is highest allocation for any project in the Education Ministry's development plan, which on the whole will get Rs 3,359.040 million in the PSDP.
According to the Annual Plan the allocation for federal ministries is Rs 96.7 billion for the next financial year as compared to Rs 60.3 billion of the last budget.
The allocation for special area programmes is Rs 11.2 billion against Rs 10.1 billion for the current fiscal budgetary development programme. The allocation for special programmes is Rs 8.8 billion for 2004-05 against Rs 9.1 in the last budget.
An amount of Rs 87 billion, which amounted to 58.8 percent of the PSDP, have been allocated for infrastructure sector, Rs 33.6 billion (22.7 percent) for social sector, while Rs 27.4 billion (18.5 percent) for other sectors.
The allocation for Tameer-e-Pakistan (MNAs/senators programme) is Rs 5,340 million for the next fiscal as compared to Rs 4,000 million up to June 2004.
The allocation for federal priority projects, Dera and the ongoing priority projects is Rs 2,000 million, Rs 1,000 million and Rs 500 million in the 2004-05 PSDP.
The allocation for Wapda (power) is Rs 14,214 million, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Rs 4,820 million, Petroleum and Natural Resources Rs 533 million, Communications (NHA) Rs 23,365 million, Railways 9,280.6 million and Finance Division will get Rs 7,629 million.
The Health Ministry will get Rs 6,044.6 million, Higher Education Commission Rs 9,104.4 million, population welfare Rs 2,586 million, women development and social welfare Rs 1,258.5 million in the next year's PSDP.
The allocation for Kana and Safron is Rs 11,245.3 million, information technology and telecommunications Rs 2,732.6 million, Science and Technology Ministry Rs 1,910. 3 million, Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) Rs 7,289.8 million, Minorities, Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs Rs 630.9 million, Works Division Rs 925.7 million, Defence Division Rs 962.7 million, Local Government and Rural Development Rs 272.3 million, Environment Division Rs 355.3 million, Industries and Production Rs 392.4 million and Interior Ministry Rs 4,929.6 million.
The allocation for Law Justice and Human Rights Division is Rs 2,400 million, Establishment Division Rs 5 million, Cabinet Division Rs 448.2 million, Information and Media Development Rs 500 million, Narcotics Control Rs 167 million, Planning and Development Division Rs 687.5 million, Statistics Division Rs 62 million, Commerce Division Rs 40 million and the Foreign Affairs Ministry will get Rs 150 million.
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