The largest proportion of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) expenditures was made by Punjab (34.5 percent), followed by Federal Government (28.4 percent), Sindh (17.5 percent), NWFP (13.5 percent) and Balochistan (6.1 percent) during Q3 FY06.
According to an official statistic report about "Budgetary Expenditures by Federal and Provincial Governments", largest change in PRSP expenditures was observed in NWFP province (79.7 percent) in Q3 FY06 over Q3 FY05, due to increase in expenditures made on natural calamities, owing to October 8, earthquake, as was the case in the previous quarter.
Increase in PRSP expenditures during Q3 FY06 as compared to Q3 FY05 by Federal Government stood at 61.0 percent, Punjab at 14.4 percent, Sindh at 27 percent and Balochistan at 12.9 percent.
Substantial increase in expenditures made by the Federal Government was seen in irrigation during the same period, of which 99.8 percent expenditure was development, which recorded an increase of 96 percent.
Important Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) projects on water run by Federal Government are as follows:
Raising of Mangla Dam, Kurram Tangi Dam, Kachhi Flood canal project (phase 1), Left Bank Outfall Drain Stage-I, National Drainage Programme, Irrigation System Channels in Punjab (Phase I) and Lining of Irrigation Channels in Punjab.
Expenditure on roads, highways and bridges made by the Federal Government also recorded some increase in the Q3 of FY06 as compared to the same period in FY05, however all of this expenditure was current.
Important ongoing development projects under National Highway authority were Makran Coastal Road Balochistan, Islamabad Peshawar Motorway (M-I), NWFP Road Development Sector & Sub Regional Connectivity, N-5 Highway Rehabilitation Project and National Highway Development Sector Project.
Large increase on expenditure made on law and order by Federal Government took place during Q3 FY06 over Q3 FY05, of which 96 percent expenditure was current.
Punjab made enormous increase in expenditure made on water supply and sanitation during Q3 FY06 over Q3 FY05, of which 88 percent expenditure was development. During the same period Punjab witnessed increase in expenditures made on roads, highways & bridges, education, health, population planning, social security & welfare, natural calamities, irrigation, rural development, food support programme, administration of justice and law and order.
Sindh observed substantially large increase in expenditures made on natural calamities and social security & welfare. NWFP spent only Rs 3 million on population planning, compared to Rs 3.8 billion by Federal Government, Rs 569 million by Punjab, Rs 420 million by Sindh and Rs 153 million by Balochistan during Q3 FY06. Even this small expenditure made on population planning by NWFP witnessed a decline of 25 percent in Q3 FY06 when compared with Q3 FY05.
NWFP observed more than 50 percent increase on expenditures made on natural calamities, roads high way & bridges and rural development, of which 94 percent was development expenditure, during Q3 of FY06 as compared to the Q3 of FY05.
Balochistan was giving due importance to rural development, which recorded an increase of 83.5 percent in Q3 FY06 relative to Q3 FY05 to Rs 956 million, of which 91 percent comprised of development expenditure.
Balochistan observed large increase in expenditure made on population planning, which entirely comprised of current expenditure during Q3 FY06 over Q3 FY05.