The federal government has released Rs 28.33 billion till August 22 under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) against the total annual allocation of Rs 525 billion, including Rs 102 billion foreign aid for various development projects for the current fiscal year 2014-15, reveals Planning, Development and Reform Division website.
The latest figure of PSDP releases updated by the Planning Commission shows that so far Rs 28.33 billion has been released, including Rs 16.6 million on account of security arrangement of the Parliament House in Islamabad. The government has disbursed 5.3 percent of total PSDP in the first 53 days of the current fiscal year.
According to latest data released by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, a total of Rs 22.3 billion with zero foreign aid was released for projects of various federal ministries against total allocation of Rs 255 billion, including Rs 28 billion foreign aid, for the financial year 2014-15.
According to data, no amount was released to Wapda (water sector) out of its total budgeted allocation of Rs 43.4 billion, including foreign aid component of Rs 3.8 billion. The Commission noted that the release of Rs 9 billion for various projects of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission while budgeted allocation was Rs 51.4 billion earmarked under PSDP for current fiscal year 2014-15.
A sum of Rs 7.4 billion was released to Pakistan Railways out of total budgeted allocation of Rs 39.5 billion, inclusive of Rs 400 million foreign aid, for the current fiscal year. A total of Rs 3.9 billion was released for the Higher Education Commission out of its total budgeted allocation of Rs 20 billion whereas out of the budgeted allocation of Rs 230 million earmarked for Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority only Rs 20 million has been released so far.
Out of the total budgeted funds of Rs 27 billion allocated for the National Health Service Regulations and Co-ordination Division for the current year, Rs 148 million has been released. A total of Rs 17 million was released for the Planning, Development and Reform Division out of its total allocation of Rs 32.8 billion whereas Rs 14 million was released for Science and Technological Research Division out of its total allocations of Rs 903 million for the year.
An amount of Rs 807 million was released for the Cabinet Division and Rs 72 million for Commerce Division, Rs 18 million for Communication Division (other than NHA), Rs 206 million for Finance Division, Rs 581 million for Interior Division and Rs 13 million for Narcotics Control Division in the current fiscal year.
The federal government released Rs 500 million for the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) out of its total allocation of Rs 5 billion for the current fiscal year. The government also released Rs 2 billion for various development projects of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), no amount for Gilgit-Baltistan was released, and Rs 3.4 billion was released for FATA against the total allocation of Rs 19.1 billion.