Salient features of budget 2019-20

ISLAMABAD: SALIENT FEATURES; The budget 2019-20 has the following salient features:

Total outlay of budget 2019-20 is Rs 8238.1 billion. This size is 38.9 percent higher than the size of budget estimates 2018-19.

The resource availability during 2019-20 has been estimated at Rs 7889.1 billion against Rs 4917.2 billion in the budget estimates of 2018-19.

The net revenue receipts for 2019-20 have been estimated at Rs 3462.1 billion indicating an increase of 12.8 percent over the budget estimates of 2018-19.

The provincial share in federal taxes is estimated at Rs 3254.5 billion during 2019-20, which is 25.7 percent higher than the budget estimates for 2018-19.

The net capital receipts for 2019-20 have been estimated at Rs 831.7 billion against the budget estimates of Rs 443.1 billion in 2018-19 reflecting an increase of 87.7 percent.

The external receipts in 2019-20

The external receipts in 2019-20 are estimated at Rs 3,032.3 billion. This shows an increase of 171.2% over the budget estimates for 2018-19.

The overall expenditure during 2019-20 has been estimated at Rs 8238.1 billion, out of which the current expenditure is Rs 7288.1 billion.

The expenditure on General Public Services is estimated at Rs 5607.0 billion, which is 76.9 percent of the current expenditure.

The development expenditure outside PSDP has been estimated at Rs 85.8 billion in the budget 2019-20.

The size of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2019-20 is Rs 1,613 billion. Out of this, Rs 912 billion has been allocated to provinces.

Federal PSDP has been estimated at Rs 701 billion, out of which Rs 348.2 billion for Federal Ministries/Divisions, Rs 348.2 billion for Corporations, Rs 5 billion for Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), Rs 17 billion for Relief and Rehabilitation of IDPs, Rs 53 billion for Security Enhancement, Rs 5 billion for Prime Minister's Youth Skill Development Initiative, Rs 2 billion for Clean Green Pakistan Movement/Tourism, Rs 1 billion for Gas Infrastructure Development Cess, Rs 48 billion for Merged Areas of FATA 10 Years Development Plan and Rs 24 billion for Pakistan Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Community Development Programme. Current Exp. on Revenue

To meet expenditure, bank borrowing has been estimated for 2019-20 at Rs 339 billion, which is lower by 688.7 billion than the revised estimates 2018-19 reflecting decrease at 75 per cent.

NET REVENUE RECEIPTS:

The gross revenue receipts in budget 2019-20 are estimated at Rs 3254.526 million, showing an increase of 18.7 percent over the budget estimates of 2018-19 and 33.5 percent over revised estimates of outgoing fiscal year 2018-19.

The provincial share in taxes for 2019-20 is estimated at Rs 3254.526 million, which is 32.2 percent higher than the revised estimates of 2018-19. After the share of provinces in gross revenue is transferred, the net revenue of federal government has been estimated to be Rs 3462.099 million for fiscal year 2019-20.

The tax revenue for 2019-20 is estimated at Rs 5,822,160 million, which reflects an increase of 33 percent over revised estimates of 2018-19. Out of which FBR collection is Rs 5555,000 million. Non-tax revenue is projected at Rs 894,464 million in 2019-20 as compared to Rs 637,751 million in revised  estimates 2018-19.

EXTERNAL RESOURCES:

The government obtained loans and grants to bridge the gap between the receipts and expenditure. The external resources for 2019-20 have been projected at

Rs 3.032,325 million, which are higher by 171.2 percent and 116.1 percent respectively when compared with budget and revised estimates 2018-19.