KP Govt presents supplementary budget of Rs. 192.74 bn
PESHAWAR (APP): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government here Friday presented a supplementary budget of Rs. 192billion, 74 crore, 42 lakh, and 38 thousand and 70 for the current fiscal year.
The largest expenditure, Rs. 150 billion, was made under government investment. Similarly Rs. 10.86 billion were allocated to the Department of Social Welfare and Special Education, Rs. 2.5 billion were paid to the federal government for repayment of foreign loan principals, and Rs. 3.10 billion for advance loan payments.
Provincial Finance and Law Minister Aftab Alam presented the supplementary budget in the provincial assembly.
He said the Department of Administration received a total of Rs. 545.5 million in additional funds for employee salaries, utility allowance, executive allowance, house rent, POL (petroleum, oil, lubricants), electricity bills, and vehicle purchases.
The Department of Planning and Development received Rs. 61 million, Home Department get Rs. 260 million, Prison Department allocated Rs. 1.58 billion for prisoner food expenses and to acquire modern equipment for the security of five jails.
The Judiciary received a total of Rs. 2.73 billion, Higher Education Department got Rs. 1.93 billion, Communications Department received Rs. 1.60 billion, Public Health received Rs. 1.09 billion and Local Government Department was given Rs. 2.87 billion in additional funds.
Furthermore, an extra Rs. 590 million was paid as subsidy for inter-provincial wheat transportation.
During the current fiscal year, the provincial government has released Rs. 2.5 billion to the federal government for foreign loan principal repayments and Rs. 3 billion for loan and advance payments, the Minister added.
