Salient features of federal budget 2021 – 22 revealed

Salient features of federal budget 2021 – 22 revealed

The federal government will present budget 2021-22 on June 11link with an outlay size of aroundRs8,000 billion.

As the total size of the economy now stands at Rs52,057 billion, thefederal government is to set the economic growth target of 4.8 percent forFY22.

In FY22, the government would pay around Rs3,060 billion as debt andinterest payments.

The fiscal deficit will be around Rs2,915 billion in FY22 which would bearound 5.6 percent of the GDP.

The government is to set public spending target of Rs900 billion. Theprovincial spending target for provinces will be around Rs1,000 billion.

The volume of subsidies will be set at Rs530 billion for FY22.

The defence spending target will be set at Rs1,400 billion for FY22

The revenue collection target for FY22 will be set at Rs5,820 and thenon-tax collection target will be set at Rs1,420 billion.

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