ISLAMABAD – The federal government has released Rs233.4 billion against thetotal allocation of Rs675 billion under its Public Sector DevelopmentProgramme (PSDP) 2018-19 for various ongoing and new schemes.The released funds include Rs86.5 billion for federal ministries, Rs111billion for corporations, and Rs25.6 billion for special areas, accordingto a data released by Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform onMonday.Out of these allocations, the government released Rs101.46 billion forNational Highway Authority out of total allocation of Rs185.2 billion,whereas Rs9.6 billion have been released for NTDC and PEPCO for which anamount of Rs33.36 billion was allocated under PSDP 2018-19.Similarly, Rs4.6 billion have been released for Communication Division(other than National Highway Authority) for which the government hasearmarked Rs13.97 billion under PSDP 2018-19.Railways Division received Rs8.07 billion out of its total allocation ofRs28.06 billion whereas Aviation Division received Rs443.5 million out oftotal allocation of Rs3.65 billion.The government also released an amount of Rs11.8 billion for variousdevelopment projects of Higher Education Commission out of total allocationof Rs30.9 billion, while Rs10.2 billion have been released for AtomicEnergy Commission.Water Resource division received Rs18.7 billion out of total allocation ofRs77.9 billion under PSDP 2018-19.The government also released Rs2.2 billion for National Health Services,Regulations and Coordination Division, for which an amount of Rs10.9billion have been allocated in the federal PSDP 2018-19 while Rs195 millionhave been released for Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority out of itstotal allocations of Rs285 million.An amount of Rs1.44 billion has been released for Finance Division out ofits total allocations of Rs12.34 billion and Rs540.68 million have beenreleased for Climate Change Division out of its total allocations ofRs802.7 million for the current year.Similarly, an amount of Rs9.3 million has been released for PetroleumDivision out of its allocations of Rs463.2, million, Rs1.9 billion forPlanning, Development and Reform Division out of its allocations of Rs7.03billion whereas Rs3.12 billion have been released for SUPARCO.Likewise, the government also released Rs11.17 billion for States andFrontier Region Division, Rs4.4 billion for Interior Division, Rs20.3million for Human Rights Division, and Rs408.5 million for National FoodSecurity and Research Division.The government also released Rs17.15 billion for AJK (block and otherprojects) out of its allocations of Rs25.8 billion, and Rs8.1 billion forGilgit Baltistan (block and other projects) out of its allocations ofRs16.1 billion.
Federal government released Rs 233 billion under PSDP
