QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz and its nationalists allies in the restive province of Balochistan have presented their first budget for fiscal year 2013-14 with a total outlay of Rs. 198 billion.
Chief Minister Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch himself presented the budget saying ‘every possible step has been taken to provide relief to the people.’
A brief glance over the budget is as follow:
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Fifteen percent increase in the salaries of government employees and in pensions of retired employees
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 Over 43 billion rupees have been allocated for development sector
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A sum of 34 billion rupees has been earmarked for education sector
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Over 16 billion rupees have been allocated for maintenance of law and order in the province
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Over 11 billion rupees will be spent on health sector
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Over 5 billion rupees have been allocated for agriculture projects.
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For capital expenditures 37 billion and 470 million rupees have been set aside
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For revenue expenditures, over 117 billion rupees have been earmarked
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A sum of over 8 billion rupees has been earmarked for new communication schemes
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Over 1.08 billion rupees have been allocated for development program of irrigation sector
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About 2.6 billion rupees have been allocated for live stock sector
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A sum of 1.5 billion rupees have been earmarked for fisheries sector
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About 4.5 billion rupees have been allocated for public health services sector
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About 4.5 billion rupees have been set-aside for investment in mineral sectorÂ
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About 2.5 billion rupees will be spent for investment in power sectors
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