Karachi:
The Sindh Assembly approved the budget of 3.45 billions of rupes on Wednesday for the year 2025-26 – an increase of 12.9% compared to last year. He also adopted an additional RS156,069 billion budget for the current financial year 2024-25.
Presenting the Sindh finance bill, the Minister -in -Chief Murad Ali Shah underlined the government reform initiatives, in particular the digitization of land files using blockchain, the recording of births via mobile applications, farmers’ access to loans through the Sindh Cooperative Bank and the launch of a single -stage land transfer system.
The budgetary ears of 43 billion rupees for new ad hoc rescue allowances for government employees and 16 billion rupees for an increase of 15% of pension.
In total, 188 subsidy requests were submitted, the opposition submitting 2,002 reduction requests, which were all rejected by majority vote – with the exception of a joint motion against the special judicial allowance, which was adopted unanimously both by the opposition and the Treasury benches.
The main budgetary allowances include 42.2 billion rupees for public universities, 10.4 billion rupees for medical education, 5.2 billion rupees for ambulance services in the Sindh emergency health services and 5 billion rupees for the “inclusive” initiative for disabled people.
Development expenses were set at RS1.018.3 billion (30% of the total budget), the expenses of current income estimated at RS2.150 billion. Salaries represent 39% of the budget, non -wage operations for 19% and pensions of 13%.
The Sindh government plans to generate RS3.111.5 billion income during the 20125-26 fiscal year – an increase of 21.4% compared to the revised estimates of the previous year. Over the next three years, the province has been planning an average annual income growth of 12.5%. If the Federal Board of Return (FBR) reaches its objective RS14.131 Billion, Sindh is likely to receive 269 billion federal transfers.
The CM has also described the main development priorities, including 8 billion rupees for the Benazir Hari card (agricultural subsidies); RS1.8 billion for livestock farming; Subsidies for solar energy tube wells and drip irrigation; RS2 billion for low -income housing; RS2 billion for the support program of the Sindh peoples; 200 million rupees for orphans and widows, and 500 million rupees per project to empower women in agriculture and SMEs
In health, allowances include 4.5 billion rupees for an Siut center in Larkana, 21 billion rupees for Siut, 23 billion rupees for NICVD, 16.5 billion rupees for PPHI and 10 billion rupees for a new hospital in Larkana.
Another RS10 billion was allocated for the Dhabeji-Dha and RS3.1 billion pipeline for the hub channel. 25 billion rupees are intended for green energy and 45 billion rupees for public health projects lined up by the SDGs.
