ISLAMABAD – The federal government has so far released Rs 536.6 billion forvarious ongoing and new social sector uplift projects under its PublicSector Development Programme (PSDP) 2018-19 as against the total allocationof Rs 675 billion.
Under its development program, the government had released an amount of Rs21.06 billion for federal ministries, whereas Rs 219.757 billion forcorporations and Rs 37.6011 billion for special areas, according to datareleased by Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform on Sunday.
Out of these allocations, the government released Rs 208.835 billion forNational Highway Authority (NHA) out of its total allocation of Rs185.197billion.
Under annual development agenda, the government had also released Rs10.921billion for NTDC and PEPCO for which an amount of Rs 33.365 billion wasallocated under PSDP 2018-19.
Similarly, Rs 10.13 billion have been released for Communication Division(other than NHA) as the government had earmarked Rs13.977 billion in itsPSDP 2018-19.
Railways Division received Rs23.22 billion out of its total allocation ofRs28.06 billion whereas Aviation Division received Rs1.039 billion out oftotal allocation of Rs3.65 billion.
The government had also released an amount of Rs18.510 billion for variousdevelopment projects of Higher Education Commission as against the totalallocation of Rs 30.961 billion for current fiscal year.
Under PSDP 2018-19, the government had released Rs 26.270 billion for thevarious projects of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, whereas the WaterResource division received Rs53.9 billion out of total allocation ofRs78.09 billion.
The government has also released Rs2.773 billion for National HealthServices, Regulations and Coordination Division, for which an amount ofRs12.784 billion have been allocated in the federal PSDP 2018-19.
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While Rs 0.276 billion had released for Pakistan Nuclear RegulatoryAuthority as the government had allocated an amount of Rs 0.285 billion forthe different projects of the regulatory authority.
An amount of Rs 4.03 billion has been released for Finance Division out ofits total allocations of Rs12.346 billion and Rs 0.7 billion have beenreleased for Climate Change Division out of its total allocations of Rs0.802 billion for the current fiscal year.
Similarly, an amount of Rs 0.324 billion has been released for PetroleumDivision out of its allocations of Rs 0.463 billion, Rs 4.067 billion forPlanning, Development and Reform Division out of its allocations of Rs6.860 billion whereas Rs15.596 billion have been released for SUPARCO.
Likewise, the government also released Rs 25.56 billion for States andFrontier Region Division, Rs 7.8 billion for Interior Division, Rs 20.3million for Human Rights Division, and Rs 491.1 million for National FoodSecurity and Research Division.
The government also released Rs 24.121 billion for Azad Jammu and Kashmir(AJK) block and other projects out of its allocations of Rs25.856 billion,and Rs13.48 billion for Gilgit Baltistan (block and other projects) out ofits allocations of Rs17.534 billion.
The Planning Commission of Pakistan follows the specific mechanism forrelease of funds. During first quarter (July-September) it releases 20percent of development funds, in second quarter (October-December) 20percent, third quarter (January-March) 30 per cent and fourth quarter(April-June) 30 percent.
