Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, unveiled the provincial budget for fiscal 2017-18 with an outlay of Rs1.04 trillion in the Sindh Assembly on Monday.
Budget for the financial year 2017-18 reflects a 19.3 per cent increase over the 2016-17 budget.
The provincial government allocated the highest amount of Rs105.2bn for social protection compared to Rs47.88bn a year earlier. However, the revised estimate rose to Rs111.78bn for 2016-17.
Receipts from the province's own sources including tax and non-tax receipts are estimated at Rs199 billion,
Sindh allocated Rs202 billion for education in its budget, up 24pc from Rs163bn for the ongoing year.
Rs100.32bn have been allocated for health in Sindh for fiscal 2017-18. The amount represents an increase of 26pc over the current year’s allocation of Rs79.88bn.
Development expenditure for fiscal 2017-18 has been set at Rs274bn. By including Rs27.3bn of federal grants and Rs42.7bn of foreign project assistance, the total development budget comes out at Rs344bn.
The Sindh home department will get Rs92.91bn for law and order, to be spent on jails, police, Rangers and other LEAs. 10,000 personnel will be recruited in Sindh Police.