Balochistan Presents Budget With Total Outlay Of Rs. 612.79 Billion.

Balochistan government presented a deficit budget with a total outlay of Rs. 612.79 billion on Tuesday evening.

It is pertinent to note that the budget session began with a delay of three hours over differences within the coalition government.

The session has been chaired by Deputy Speaker Balochistan Assembly, Sardar Babar Musakhail.

Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran, the Finance Minister of Balochistan presented the budget for the financial year 2022-23. The provincial government allocated Rs.367 billion for non-development expenditures for the financial year 2022-23.

Public Sector Development Program (PSDP)

For the PSDP, the government has allocated Rs.191.51 billion. The government has also increased the salaries of government employees by 15 percent on their basic salaries as of 2017. Sardar Khetran also informed that the government has increased pension by 15 percent.

Health Sector

The government has allocated Rs.43.814 billion for the health sector in Balochistan. It is to note that, last year, the government allocated Rs.40.362 billion for the health sector.

Adding to that, a total of Rs.6.60 billion have been allocated to provide free medicines to needy patients.

Education Sector

Sardar Khetran mentioned that the government has allocated Rs.83.211 for the education sector in Balochistan. During 2021-22, the government allocated Rs.70.263 for the education sector.

Law and Order

The finance minister informed that the government has allocated...