ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform has so fargiven authorization for the release of over Rs203.563 billion for variousongoing and new social sector uplift projects under its Public SectorDevelopment Program (PSDP) 2019-20, as against the total allocation ofRs701 billion.
Out of this total amount, the authorities concerned were sanctioned torelease an amount of Rs106.067 billion for federal ministries, Rs41.790billion for corporations and Rs15.925 billion for special areas, accordingto the latest data released by the Planning Commission of Pakistan.
Out of these, Rs26.78 billion authorization has so far been made forsecurity enhancement in the country for which the government had allocatedRs32.5 billion during the year 2019-20.
The Ministry has authorized an amount of Rs8 billion for the merged areasof erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) under thegovernment’s 10 years development program.
Similarly, for Higher Education Commission, the PSDP release would reachRs11.474 billion out of its total allocation of Rs29 billion while Rs4.891billion were authorized to be released for Pakistan Atomic EnergyCommission for which the government had allocated Rs24.45 billion in thedevelopment budget.
For the National Highway Authority, the ministry so far has authorizedrelease of Rs 8.421 billion against its allocation of Rs154.96 billion.
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Under the annual development agenda, the Ministry also authorized releaseof Rs5.400 billion for Railways Division out of total allocation of Rs16billion, Rs3.939 billion for Interior Division, and Rs4.234 billion forNational Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Division.
The release for Revenue Division would reach Rs667.296 million out of totalallocation of Rs1.9 billion while for Cabinet Division an authorization ofRs15.994 billion has been made so far against Rs39.986 billion.
The Ministry has authorized release of Rs9.785 billion for Azad Jammu andKashmir (AJK) block and other projects out of its allocations of Rs27.26billion and Rs6.140 billion for Gilgit Baltistan (Block and other projects).
