"For the first time in the country's history, volume of federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) has crossed Rs one trillion mark while the overall development budget including provinces and corporations has been fixed at over Rs 2.5 trillion", Ahsan said in a statement issued here Saturday.

He said after 10 years, the country's economic growth has crossed 5 per cent which would cross 6 per cent next year.

The minister said that record 66 per cent increase in the budget of Higher Education Commission (HEC) would help youth in grabbing their bright future.

Furthermore, he said the government has also set aside a hefty amount of Rs 180 billion for the game-changer mega project of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which would open new avenues of development and prosperity in the country.