@@INCLUDE-HTTPS-REDIRECT-METATAG@@ Provincial budget Baluchistan Total outlay of Rs289bn With Rs42.67bn allocated for education

Provincial budget Baluchistan Total outlay of Rs289bn With Rs42.67bn allocated for education

 

Allocation for education for the current fiscal year has increased by 15 per cent when compared to last year's fiscal budget.

 

That 14,000 students from Balochistan will be given scholarships in national and international educational institutions. 80 primary schools will also be upgraded to middle school level.

Three medical colleges would be established in Khuzdar, Loralai and Turbat and 70 middle schools were suggested to be upgraded to high schools.

 

Allocated a sum of Rs500 million for the laptop scheme

 

The budget presented in the assembly had a total deficit of Rs36.48bn. The province has an expected income of Rs252.87bn for the next financial year which includes federal receipts, revenues and foreign aid.

 

For the current fiscal year. the provincial government has allocated Rs17.36bn for the health sector, out of which Rs1.57bn will be spent for provision of free medicine to poor and needy patients.

 

The provincial government has allocated Rs71bn under the public sector development program while Rs218bn has been earmarked as non-development budget.

 

Zehri also announced a 10 per cent increase in the salaries of government employees and said that the minimum salary has been increased to Rs14,000.

 

Rs 30.25bn for law and order

Out of which Rs880million will be spent for procurement of weapons, vehicles and modern equipment for Police and Levies forces.

(Rs130 million were suggested for procurement of modern and standard weapons and Rs750.28 million for provision of modern equipment to Police and Levies Force, respectively.)

 

Development

The provincial government has allocated Rs10bn for provision of clean drinking water to Quetta while Rs7.4bn have been allocated for overall betterment of the agricultural sector.

 

Uplift of Gwadar port city, the government has earmarked Rs3bn.

 

Rs2bn for Quetta Mass Transit Train and Rs1bn for Quetta Green Bus Service projects.

 

Rs 5bn has been set aside for development schemes of local councils, with the Quetta Municipal Corporation getting a Rs500 million grant.