The District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) Hyderabad Aftab Ahmed Khatri has approved a tax free, surplus budget amounting to Rs 7230.95482 million for financial year 2011-2012 of District Hyderabad in a simple ceremony held at Zila Nazim Secretariat Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Addressing the ceremony attended by all the officers of district government, Aftab Ahmed Khatri said that District Government has not imposed any new tax and has allocated sufficient funds for development schemes and improvement in education and health sectors. He said that against total receipts of Rs 7230.95482. The expenditure of the year has been estimated at Rs 7230.771 million leaving behind an amount of Rs 0.183 million as surplus.
Giving the details about receipts from all sources of District Government, he said that an amount of Rs 6111.617215 million has been conveyed by Finance Department, Government of Sindh through single line transfer system (salary, non-salary & ADP), while an amount of Rs 163.963057 million is expected from District Octroi Zila Tax (OZT). Similarly TMA/OZT grant is estimated up to Rs 478.034000.
He said that in addition to that District Government own revenue receipts are expected up to Rs 177.188938 million, while revenue from defunct District Council Hyderabad is estimated at Rs 11.441395 million, thus with opening balance of Rs 288.710215 million, the total receipts of District Government Hyderabad is expected up to Rs 7230.95482 million. He said that against this total income Rs 7230.95482 million, the total expenditure has been estimated at Rs 7230.771 million.
He said that District Government Hyderabad has allocated an amount of Rs 5758.570 million equivalent to 79.63 percent of its total budget for education sector, which includes Rs 126.00 million for "school specific budget" to provide better and qualitative education to the children of the district and to resolve the problems of teaching community. Similarly an amount of Rs 951.899 million equivalent to 13.44 percent of total budget has been earmarked for health sector to provide better health facilities to the people of the district.
He said that salary component based on working strength has been estimated at Rs 4944.150 million, which is equivalent to 80.89 percent, while Rs 825.100 million equivalent to 13.49 percent has been earmarked for non-salary component. He said that an amount of Rs 583.497 million equivalent to 9.54 percent of total budget has been earmarked for District Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2011-2012 for on-going and new development schemes including schemes of Citizens Community Board.
The District Administrator said that due to 15 percent increase in the basic pay of government employees and 25 percent enhancement in conveyance allowance of non-Gazetted employees and introduction of "school specific budget" under the instructions of Finance Department, an additional amount of Rs 586.0 million to be expended on salary component. However, he said that the District Government Hyderabad is committed for efficient utilisation of available funds and resources in the best interest of the people under the prescribed rules and government instructions.