KPK Budget 2013-14 Rs 344 Billion

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa has approved its budget for province for fiscal year 2013-14.
Giving detail of the budget, Senior Minister Sirajul Haq says the budget has been distributed into three categories: welfare, development and administrative.
The allocation for each is as follow:

• About Rs. 162 billion for welfare
• About Rs. 118 billion for development
• About Rs. 63 billion for administrative

Siraj says that Madinah is the model state for our government in the province.
Following are 19 unique points of the budget from KPK government:

1. Land record is being computerized
2. Thana Culture to be change right from the police station
3. Public can lodge FIR on telephone and Online and they do not need to go to police station
4. 11,000 villages to be developed
5. 10 small hydro power projets announced
6. Mobile courts announced for the province
7. Over 57 projects of sports, culture and tourism to get over Rs. 100 million
8. Special package for Kalash Valley minority community announced
9. For environment protection, the KPK government sets aside Rs. 1.27 billion
10. Over 157 projects for road infrastructure to get over Rs. 10 billion
11. Mass Transit System for Peshawar is undergoing planning phase
12. Subsidy of about Rs. 2 billion has been reserved on wheat
13. Pension, minimum, increased Rs. 5,000 from Rs. 3,000
14. Clean water project to be completed
15. Peshawar to be made ‘City of Flowers’
16. Green Peshawar Project announced to overhaul the city for which Rs. 1 billion has been reserved
17. Traffic projects to completed within current fiscal year to ensure smooth flow of traffic in Peshawar
18. Peshawar Uplift Project announced for which Rs. 4 billion allocated
19. Welfare projects for specials persons, educational institutes, beggars, women and kids announced

Some Other Vital Measures

1. Monitoring system comprising up to 500 monitors
2. Free medical treatment to 800 cancer and 26,000 TB patients
3. Self Sufficiency scheme to be launched under which Rs. 50,000 to 2,00,000 loan free loans will be given
4. Position holder student to get scholarships up to Rs. 360 million
5. Rs. 500 million allocated for Cancer patients
6. Rs. 100 million set aside for Hepatitis patients
7. Rs. 3 billion have been reserved for Education Emergency and Improvement Proram
8. As many as 15 percent increase has been made
9. Minimum wage to be Rs. 10,000