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The federal government has released Rs 384.3 billion (54.82 per cent) including Rs 64.69 billion foreign aid (50.4 percent) for various ongoing and new development projects under the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2019-20 against the total budgeted allocation of Rs 701 billion.

According to latest data of PSDP 2019-20 released by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms on Saturday, the government released Rs 185.58 billion (61.1 percent) including Rs 10.36 billion foreign aid for development projects of various ministries, divisions and related departments out of Rs 303.66 billion budgeted allocation. The government also released a total of Rs 118.12 billion (60 percent) including Rs 52.28 billion (56 per cent) foreign aid out of Rs 197.5 billion for development budget of corporations; Rs 110.8 billion including Rs 49 billion foreign aid for National Highway Authority (NHA) and Rs 7.32 billion including Rs 3.2 billion foreign aid for NTDC/PEPCO.

The government released a total of Rs 32.88 billion (73.3 percent) including Rs 1.64 billion foreign aid out of Rs 44.85 billion budgeted allocation for development projects of special areas; Rs 20 billion including Rs 805.1 million foreign aid for development projects of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Rs 12.84 billion including Rs 833.934 million foreign aid for Gilgit-Baltistan for financial year 2019-20.

The government released Rs 26.78 billion for Security Enhancement against Rs 32.5 billion budgeted allocation.

The government released Rs 26.69 billion for the development projects of Cabinet Division against Rs 37.986 billion total budgeted allocation, Rs 1.64 billion for development projects of Aviation Division against the total of Rs 1.27 billion budgeted allocation which is more than Rs 0.47 billion of the allocation, Rs 6 billion for development projects of Climate Change Division, Rs 50 million for Commerce Division, Rs 1.36 billion for Defence Production Division, and Rs 5.96 billion for Finance Division.

The Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms released Rs 10.14 billion for development projects of Railway Division against Rs 16 billion budgeted allocation, Rs 2.12 billion for development project for Science and Technology Research Division, Rs 3.19 billion for Revenue Division, Rs 732 million for Industries and Production Division, Rs 208.48 million for Information and Broadcasting Division and Rs 3 billion for Information Technology and Telecom Division.

The ministry released Rs 2.2 billion for development projects of Federal Education and Professional Training Division out of Rs 4.796 billion budgeted allocation, and Rs 22.688 billion have been released out of Rs 29 billion for Higher Education Commission.

The government released Rs 6.09 billion out of Rs 9.85 billion for development projects of Interior Division and Rs 7 billion for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Division. A total of Rs 19.9 million have been released for Foreign Affairs Division against Rs 29.77 million budgeted allocation.

The ministry released a total of Rs 51.622 billion for Water Resources Division including Rs 4.7 billion foreign aid, Rs 931.66 million for Planning, Development and Reform Division, Rs 58.5 million for Narcotic Control Division, Rs 229.4 million for Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority and Rs 81 million for Textile Industry Division.

A total of Rs 223.167 million have been released for development projects of Defense Division, Rs 6.98 billion for development projects of PEPCO and Rs 5.762 billion for National Food Security and Research Division.

The government released Rs 1.28 billion for the development projects of Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA).

A total of Rs 8 billion have been released out of Rs 48 billion budgeted allocation under the Merged Areas (FATA) 10 Years Development Plan. The government released Rs 4.38 billion including Rs 375.61 billion foreign aid out of Rs 24 billion budgeted allocation for development projects of merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The funds are released as per quarterly ceilings; first quarter (July-September) 20 percent, second quarter (October-December) 30 percent, third quarter (January-March) 30 percent, and fourth quarter (April-June) 20 percent.

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