Lahore: The Punjab government has released the ‘record high’ budget allocation of PKR 189.228 billion for the 37 development projects in South Punjab for the fiscal year 2021-22, news sources reported.
The Punjab government has allocated a massive budget for the uplift schemes including infrastructure development programs and construction projects. Some details of the budget spending are as follows:
PKR 35.702 billion has been allocated special programmes
PKR 28.304 billion has been allocated for the specialised healthcare and medical education projects
PKR 22.52 billion for the construction of roads
PKR 15.362 billion has been allocated for schools and education expenses
PKR 14.083 billion has been set aside for the planning and development
PKR 11.086 billion has been earmarked for the agriculture sector
Higher education will get PKR 4.866 billion
PKR 7.361 billion for the local government and community development programme
PKR 7.901 billion for the irrigation development
PKR 3.967 billion for the urban development programme
PKR 4.886 billion for the water supply and sanitation services
PKR 1.015 billion has been set aside for literacy and non-formal basic education
PKR 1.806 billion has been allocated to the sports and youth affairs sector
Primary and secondary healthcare will get PKR 5.886 billion
PKR 664 billion has been allocated for the population welfare
PKR 157 million for the specialised Education sector
PKR 349 million for the social welfare
PKR 49 million for the women development sector
Wildlife will get PKR 213 million
Fisheries related programmes will get PKR 274 million
Food-related sector will get PKR 236 million
In this regard, the chairman P&D Abdullah Sumbal has said that the budget for South Punjab has been separated from the rest of the province to address the problems of the area.
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