April 20, 2020: The federal government has so far authorized the release of Rs 522.22 billion for various ongoing and new social sector uplift projects under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-20, as against the total allocation of Rs701 billion.

Under its development programme, the government has released an amount of Rs229.15 billion for federal ministries, Rs170.64 billion for corporations and Rs41.78 billion for special areas, according to the latest data released by Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform.

Out of these allocations, the government released Rs 38.5 billion for security enhancement in the country for which the government had allocated Rs53 billion during the year 2019-20.

An amount of Rs78.1 billion has also been released for the blocks managed by finance division under the government's 10 years development programme.

Similarly, for Higher Education Commission, the government released an amount of Rs27.07 billion out of its total allocation of Rs 29 billion while Rs301.47 million were released for Pakistan Nuclear Energy Authority for which the government had allocated Rs 301.48 million in the development budget.

For National Highway Authority, the government released Rs145.4 billion against its allocations of Rs154.54 billion.

Under annual development agenda, the government also released Rs 10.7 billion for Railways Division out of the total allocation of Rs16 billion, Rs7.7 billion for Interior Division, and Rs8.36 billion for National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Division.

Revenue Division received Rs 4.3 billion out of the total allocation of Rs1.9 billion, whereas the Cabinet Division also received Rs 30.18 billion for which an amount of Rs 39.986 billion has been allocated for the year 2019-20.

The government also released Rs 25.66 billion for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) block and other projects out of its allocations of Rs 27.26 billion and Rs 16.11 billion for Gilgit Baltistan (Block and other projects).

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