KPK budget announced: Rs 66 billion allocated for education
Provincial finance minister Sirajul Haq presented the budget in KPK Assembly.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday presented its budget for year 2013-14 with an outlay of Rs 344 billion.
Provincial finance minister Sirajul Haq presented the budget.
The minister said that no new tax was imposed whereas the budget has been divided to satisfy tasks pertaining to welfare, development and administration.
The amount allocated to major sectors is mentioned below:
SECTOR AMOUNT
Education Rs 66.80 billion
Development Rs 118 billion
Health Rs 22 billion
Tourism Rs 800 million
Kalash Special Package Rs 0.1 billion
Agriculture Rs 2.91 billion
Transport Rs 160.63 million
Provincial finance minister Sirajul Haq also announced that growth rate will be boosted to 7% within three years. He said that ten small hydel power plants will be constructed to cope with the electricity issue.
Also, the province will receive over 23 billion and 8 million rupees in the war against terrorism which is 8 per cent more than the previous year.
The provincial government has proposed an increase of 15 per cent in the salaries and pension of government employees whereas the minimum limit of the retired employees pension has been increased from 3000 to 5000.
