KP govt unveils Rs1,332bn 'balanced' budget for year 2022-23.

PESHAWAR -- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has presented a Rs1,332 billion "balanced budget" for the financial year 2022-23, including an allocation of Rs1108.9 billion for settled districts and Rs223.1 billion for merged tribal districts.

Presenting the incumbent government's fourth budget on the floor of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Assembly, Finance Minister Taimur Salim Jhagra announced an increase of 15% in salaries and a 16% rise in the pension of government employees.

The finance minister maintained that the government has decided to introduce the "Contributory Contributory Pension Scheme" for new government employees.

The minister said that 10% of the basic salary of the new government employees would be added to the pension fund on a monthly basis, adding that the total development budget of KP was Rs418.2 billion - including Rs319.2 billion for settled districts and Rs99 billion for merged tribal districts.

Regarding revenue and receipts collection, the minister said that total receipts were estimated at Rs1,332 billion, of which Rs750.9 billion will be collected from federal taxes receipts.

The finance minister said Rs31 billion would be collected through oil and gas royalty and surcharge and Rs61.9 billion through net hydel power.

He added that Rs85 billion would be collected through provincial tax and non-tax revenue, Rs4.3 billion under the head of foreign programme assistance (FPA) for settled districts and Rs208.7 billion grants for merged tribal districts, besides Rs212.7 billion receipts through other resources.

Jhagra said that Rs447.9 billion would be spent on salaries, including Rs372.1 billion in settled districts and Rs75.8 billion in merged tribal districts, while Rs107 billion on pension, including Rs106 billion in settled districts and Rs1 billion in merged tribal districts.

Besides salaries, he said Rs247.4billion would be spent on O and M, emergency, and district expenditures, and Rs111.4 billion on other current expenditures.

He said that the volume of provincial development programmes, including the accelerated development programme budget was Rs241 billion - including Rs185 billion for settled districts and Rs56 billion for merged tribal districts.

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