Rs27bn proposed for 20 uplift projects
The federal government proposes a Rs 27 billion development budget for fiscal year 2026-27, allocating funds for 10 new and 10 ongoing projects, with significant foreign assistance.
- Proposed Rs 27 billion federal development budget.
- Allocation for new versus ongoing projects.
- Foreign funding for Balochistan's post-flood reconstruction.
- Key initiatives like the Rising Together Project.
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has proposed an allocation of Rs 27 billion, including Rs5.7 billion in local funding and Rs21.3 billion in foreign assistance, for 20 development projects in the budget for fiscal year 2026–27.
According to official documents, the federal government has proposed an allocation of Rs2.5 billion for 10 ongoing development projects and Rs24.5 billion for 10 new development projects in the budget for fiscal year 2026–27.
The allocation for new projects includes Rs21.3 billion in foreign funding and Rs3.2 billion in local funding.
Among the new schemes, the government has proposed an allocation of Rs21 billion, entirely through foreign funding, for the Post-Flood 2022 Reconstruction Programme: Resilience Enhancement and Livelihood Diversification in Balochistan in the upcoming fiscal year.
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The government has also proposed Rs1 billion for the Rising Together Project aimed at the uplift of Pakistan’s 20 poorest districts on a 50:50 cost-sharing basis, Rs300 million for the National Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Programme to Reduce Stunting and Other Forms of Malnutrition, Rs400 million for the Establishment of the National Centre for Brand Development, Rs400 million for the Prime Minister’s Innovation Support and Startup Grants Programme, Rs948.27 million for the Social Sector Accelerator under HNEYG–National Priority Initiatives (PMBNIP), and Rs300 million for the CPEC Secretariat.
For ongoing development projects, the government proposed Rs400 million for Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (PD&SI), Rs500 million for the Development Communication Project, Rs400 million for Strengthening the Ministry’s Information Technology Infrastructure, and Rs350 million for the National Economic Transformation and 5Es Unit (NETU)-Revised, among other initiatives.
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