PPP says budget is Punjabistan Centric

[Jolie]

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@ajazali

what is fair and what is not, nobody will listen you after being called psychological patient.

You are just being defensive and pretending to be so overly upset just to avoid a real discussion. Remember this next time you call Karachiites racist and what not since you don’t have the guts to hear anything negative about Punjab.

Punjab is not a holy cow! I’ve defended Punjab - fairly or unfairly - enough times to know what I am talking about.

[muqawwee123]

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So why PPP called budget Punjab centeric? How much of PSDP is being spent on Punjab as compared to other provinces.

There is a hue and cry over unjustified distribution even on professional forums like Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. Looking at figures might add to something to the posters rather than going into that old dramabazi you are racist, I’m not (main to doodh ka dhula hoon).

[Jolie]

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Almost 100 development projects in KP are choked, 45 totally dropped. Can anyone please confirm if same number of PSDP projects are also dropped in Punjab in the budget?

After Panama leaks: Projects in K-P hit snag as Centre delays funds - The Express Tribune

PTI will be booted out of KPK for not doing justice. Who will punish PMLN for not doing justice to all three provinces? Is there even a way?

[Anwer_Pasha]

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[hanibal]

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Poor things, 1st Aitzaz Ahsan and now this guy giving clarifications

[hanibal]

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@muqawwee123

So why PPP called budget Punjab centeric? How much of PSDP is being spent on Punjab as compared to other provinces.

There is a hue and cry over unjustified distribution even on professional forums like Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. Looking at figures might add to something to the posters rather than going into that old dramabazi you are racist, I’m not (main to doodh ka dhula hoon).

Shhhhhhhh

No serious or fact based discussion allowed…

You are a mod you should know it better…5 pages of useless discussion about budget been this and that without posting single thing about and from budget itself.

[ajazali]

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Punjab gets only 11.2pc for higher education under PSDP | Pakistan | thenews.com.pk
What are other figures, anybody knows do share.

[hanibal]

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@ajazali

Punjab gets only 11.2pc for higher education under PSDP | Pakistan | thenews.com.pk
What are other figures, anybody knows do share.

Thats what i was talking about…if you dont mind start new topic and lets look at budget 2016 objectively…

[ajazali]

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Please do a favor and open new one i will share there. I am surfing with cell phone, hard to browse.

[RC_Cola]

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Biggest contradiction between the Govt and various think tanks is GDP Growth of 4.7% vs 3.05%, 3.1%, and 3.4%.

This will get further clarified when by third week of June, GOP officials present IMF a officials the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP).

Obviously different info for different audience (based on past record).

[muqawwee123]

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Injustices to Sindh in budget will be highlighted at every forum, says Qaim - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

He said the attitude of the federal government with Sindh was like that of dictators. Of the Rs800 billion PSDP, Sindh was proposed to be given only Rs12 billion and against the 102 new development schemes not a single scheme was approved for Sindh. He said except Punjab, no province appeared satisfied with the federal budget.

He said Rs100 million allocation for the K-4 water project was a joke with the people of Karachi. He said it was a project which was approved by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council at an estimated cost of Rs25.5 billion with 50 per cent share from the federal government and provincial government each. He said last year the federal government had allocated Rs2.5 billion as Sindh, in addition to the amount, had provided land for the execution of the project so that the water problem of Karachi was solved. This year also Rs2.5 billion would be allocated in the new budget, he said.

Similarly, he said, for the S-3 sewerage project for Karachi only Rs1.2bn was allocated in the PSDP, which was also a small amount for the mega project. He said when he took up the issue with the finance minister, he promised to sort it out through talks but without fixing any timeframe for it and left the NEC meeting saying that he had to attend a budget meeting. Without making any review on the suggestions from smaller provinces, the new budget was passed in a hurry by the cabinet, he added.

Sindh’s share in federal PSDP comes to mere Rs12.05bn, CM told - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

He told the meeting that out of 180 new schemes in the federal government’s PSDP, only 11 were Sindh-based for which an allocation of Rs6.5bn, out of Rs120.77bn, had been proposed, which constituted six per cent of the total amount.
Expressing his dismay, the CM urged the federal government to enhance the allocation for some important schemes

Not satisfied: CM calls proposed PSDP allocation for Sindh ?peanuts? - The Express Tribune

Report from last year:

Pakistan’s majority of PSDP projects concentrated in Punjab - Indus Chronicle Online

[hanibal]

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Govt Version on PSDP allocation

PSDP 2016-17 envisages highest ever allocations for development projects in the history of the country

Around twenty percent increase in PSDP 2016-17 compared to revised PSDP 2015-16 to the tune of Rs.1675 billion is the highest ever allocations in the history of the country on development sector, which is reflective of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s government commitment and ambition to focus on socio-economic development of the country. The federal component of the PSDP size is Rs 800 billion , including foreign aid of Rs 143 billion and provincial ADPs amount to Rs 875 billion with total foreign aid of Rs 86 billion.

Sector-wise allocations indicate that Rs.157 billion has been proposed for power sector, Rs.260 billion has been proposed for transport & communication sector, Rs.32 billion for water sector, Rs.18 billion for physical planning & housing, Rs.29 billion for education including higher education, Rs.30 billion for health & population, Rs.20 billion for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) programme and Rs.11 billion for other social sector projecs.

The PSDP has been instrumental in developing infrastructure , improving connectivity and social uplift in the country . The programme responds to the emerging needs , creating an enabling environment required to attract private and foreign investments to achieve the growth targets. Despite the financial constraints, government proposed the highest ever allocations in PSDP in the history of the country to keep the engine of growth and development working to take country into top twenty five economies of the world by 2025 under its roadmap Vision-2025.

The next financial year’s PSDP has maintained balanced allocations for physical infrastructure and human resource development to uplift the economic and social sector simultaneously. Planning Commission of Pakistan, tasked with finalizing the PSDP gave equal attention to both physical infrastructure and human resource development while proposing the allocations for various sector as per the guidelines of Federal Minister Planning, Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal.

The significant feature of proposed allocations in next PSDP is major increase in social sector compared to last year to uplift as of government’s efforts to expand the higher education network for building a knowledge economy and provision of health facilities. An allocation of Rs 89 billion is made for the social sector projects in health , population , higher education , education and training Important initiatives in this sector include Prime Minister’s youth and Hunarmand programme aiming at improving employability of the young human resource .

An amount of Rs 1 billion is earmarked for the Green Pakistan Programme to mitigate impact of the climate change , while Rs 33 billion are allocated for the water sector projects. An amount of Rs billion has been earmarked for financing the ADPs of the special Areas, including AJ7&K , G-B and FATA and Rs 100 billion are proposed to facilitate reconstruction needs for rehabilitation of the TDPs of the FATA.

The Higher Education Commission has been allocated highest-ever Rs 21 billion for its 167 projects in the PSDP 2016-17 . Separate funds for the laptop project and Afghan Scholarship scheme will be provided outside the PSDP . Important initiatives in 2016-17 include scholarships schemes for training of faculty , infrastructure development of universities , implementing the 10,000 PhD scholarship scheme under the Pak-US working Group on education , Science and Technology , providing higher education campuses at the district level , setting up skill universities across the country , promoting industrial linkage with Universities , setting up National S&T Park ant NUST , Faculty Development Programme and setting up Women Universities at Islamabad

PML-N government pledged to resolve the chronic energy crisis in the country before coming to power and demonstrated its commitment when it was able to bring down the loadshedding hours to six to eight hours compared to 18-20 hours in 2013. The development of indigenous energy resources, such as coal, hydro, alternative and renewable sources, is critical for sustainable economic growth, as envisaged in the Vision 2025.As a result of government continued focus, the energy sector is one of the major recipients of Federal PSDP share. Further, 74 per cent of the total China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects are energy projects, which include: coal, hydro and wind. With all efforts in hand around 5304 MW, power projects are expected to be completed by the year 2016-17.

In next PSDP, Rs.61 billion has been proposed for Neelum Hydro Power Projects, Rs.32 billion for Diamar Bhasha Dam, Rs.42 billion for Dasu Dam, Rs19 billion for New Coal Fired Power Plant, Rs.16 billion for Tarbella Fourth Extension Hydro Power Projects etc.

In infrastructure sector, Rs.4.5 billion for Lowari Tunnel, Rs.2 billion for Jaglot-Sakardu Road, Rs.3 billon for Construction of road network of New Islamabad International Airport, Rs.5 billion for dualization of Indus Highway, Rs.19 billion for Multan-Sukhar Section of Karachi-Peshawar Motorway, Rs.34 billion for Lahore-Abdul Hakeem Section of Peshawar-Karachi Motorway etc.

In CPEC component of PSDP 2016-17, Rs.22 billion for Burhan-Hakla (D.I.Khan Motorway, Rs.5 billion for Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab section, Rs.4 billion for Hoshab-Nag-Basima-Surba section, Rs.1.1 billion of D.I.Khan-Mughalkot section of western route of CPEC. Rs.4.6 billion for Construction of Burhan-Havelian Expressway, Rs.16.5 billion for Thakot-Havelian etc. In Gwadar component of PSDP, Rs.4.7 billion for East Expressway, Rs.1.500 billion for New Gwadar International Airport, Rs.1 billion for Necessary Facilities for fresh water treatment, water supply & distribution etc.

In some mega projects, Rs.1 billion for Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme, Rs.700 million for Greater Karachi Sewerage Plant, Rs.400 million for Khyber Institute of Child Health & Children Hospital, Rs.650 million for Jalozi Campus of NWFP University of Engineering & Technology, Establishment of University of Swat, Establishment of University of Turbat, Establishment of University of Loralai, Establishment of FATA University.

Next year PSDP proposed some new initiatives in education, health and other sectors. These include Establishment of Center for Hematology Disorder at PIMS Islamabad, Provision of Equipments for four PAEC cancer hospitals at Bahawalpur, Karachi & Lahore, National Education Reforms Initiatives, Ph.d Scholarship Program under US-Pak Knowledge Corridor, Establishment of University of Central Asia and Pakistan, Establishment of Women Universities campus at Swat, Pishin & Khuzdar, Upgradation of bannu University, Provision of Academic Block at Khushkhal Khan Khattak University at Karak, Establishment of University of Balochistan campus at Zhob, Establishment of Technical & Medical College at Gilgit, Establishment of Federal University at Hyderabad, Center of Excellence at China-Pakistan Economic Corridor etc.

[ajazali]

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What are punjab’s figures.
i think major part of psdp budget is for roads and links to cpec. But how is it punjab centric?

[hanibal]

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Budget Summary

Pakistan Revenue
Budget brief 2016/2017

June 4, 2016 Budget 2016-2017, Finance

ISLAMABAD: The budget 2016-17 has the following salient features: a) The total outlay of budget 2016-17 is Rs 4,894.9 billion. This size is 10 percent higher than the size of budget estimates 2015-16.

b) The resource availability during 2016-17 has been estimated at Rs 4,442.0 billion against Rs 4,168.3 billion in the budget estimates of 2015-16.

c) The net revenue receipts for 2016-17 have been estimated at Rs 2,779.7 billion indicating an increase of 12.8 percent over the budget estimates of 2015-16.

d) The provincial share in federal taxes is estimated at Rs 2,135.9 billion during 2016-17, which is 15.5 percent higher than the budget estimates for 2015-16.

e) The net capital receipts for 2016-17 have been estimated at Rs 453.6 billion against the budget estimates of Rs 606.3 billion in 2015-16 i.e. a decline of 25.2 percent.

f) The external receipts in 2016-17 are estimated at Rs 819.6 billion. This shows an increase of 9.1 percent over the budget estimates for 2015-16.

g) The overall expenditure during 2016-17 has been estimated at Rs 4,894.9 billion, out of which the current expenditure is Rs 3,844.0 billion and development expenditure is Rs 1,050.9 billion.

h) The share of current and development expenditure respectively in total budgetary outlay for 2016-17 is 78.5 percent and 21.5 percent.

i) The expenditure on General Public Services is estimated at Rs 2,707.2 billion which is 70.4 percent of the current expenditure.

j) The development expenditure outside PSDP has been estimated at Rs 156.6 billion in the budget 2016-17.

k) The size of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2016-17 is Rs 1,675 billion. Out of this, Rs 875 billion has been allocated to provinces. Federal PSDP has been estimated at Rs 800 billion, out of which Rs 282 billion for Federal Ministries / Divisions, Rs 318 billion for Corporations, Rs 20 billion for Pak Millennium Development Goals and Community Development Programme (MDGs), Rs 28 billion for Special Federal Development Programme, Rs 7 billion for Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Authority (ERRA), Rs 25 billion for Gas Infrastructure Development, Rs 100 billion for Special Development Programme for Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) and Security Enhancement and Rs 20 billion for Prime Minister’s Youth Programme.

l) To meet expenditure, bank borrowing has been estimated for 2016-17 at Rs 452.9 billion, which is significantly higher than revised estimates of 2015-16.

[hanibal]

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PSDP Summary

ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): Following are the salient features of
the Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the year
2016-17, released by the Ministry of Planning, Development and
Reforms here on Friday:-

• Emphasis is on consolidating the PSDP and to keep the throw-forward of projects within a manageable limit

• Priority has been accorded to the power sector where a total investment worth Rs 410 billion is planned

• The second priority has been accorded to transport and communications sector with an allocation of Rs 260 billion to harness potential of regional integration

• Govt is committed to work together with the federating units in taking forward CPEC framework

• CPEC projects will enter into their second year of implementation during 2016-17

• 13 projects for development of Gwadar are also part of PSDP 2016-17 with total estimated cost of Rs 68 billion

• Six projects of Pakistan Railways, having estimated cost of Rs 3 billion, are included to support the CPEC

• An amount of Rs 1 billion is earmarked for Green Pakistan Programme

• Rs 42 billion have been set aside for development programme in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan

• Rs 22 billion has been allocated to Higher Education Commission to set up new universities and campuses at district level

• Govt will continue to finance construction of 100 small dams in Balochistan

• SDGs and Community Development programme will continue with a total outlay of Rs 20 billion during 2016-17

• Rs 28 billion has been kept to promote balanced growth, supplement efforts of provincial governments

• Rs 100 billion allocated to enhance security and rehabilitating infrastructure to ease out resettlement of temporary displaced persons

• Rs 600 million is earmarked for national education reforms

• A total of 866 projects and programmes, with estimated cost of Rs 6 trillion, will be financed under the PSDP during 2016-17

• Prime Minister Youth and Hunarmand Programme will continue with an allocation of Rs 20 billion

• A new initiative is creation of the Special Gas Infrastructure Development Fund with an allocation of Rs 25 billion

• On the provinces’ demand, procurement for the EPI are to be made centrally, which will be financed by the provinces

[hanibal]

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@ajazali

What are punjab’s figures.
i think major part of psdp budget is for roads and links to cpec. But how is it punjab centric?

Gawadar got the most shares out of PSDP, 68 Billion for Gawadar in Addition to 300 small dams for Balochistan.

Then come FATA, GB & Azad Kashmir, 42 billion for them…

[hanibal]

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How can i copy links…

[ajazali]

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How to copy a web page link or URL

[Doppleganger]

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@ajazali

What are punjab’s figures.
i think major part of psdp budget is for roads and links to cpec. But how is it punjab centric?

With the new route, isn’t CPEC now passing through Shareef’s jugular in lahore?

[ajazali]

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@Doppleganger

With the new route, isn’t CPEC now passing through Shareef’s jugular in lahore?

No, even eastern route has to pass through northern areas and Baluchistan. karachi-lahore motorway is what people think is changed route which was planed to be built anyway, cpec or no cpec.