Reality of Punjab Education Budget: Read From the Last Please to understand with ease. Salient Features of budget FY 2013-14 LAHORE, June 17 (APP): Salient Features of the Allocations for different Departments/Functions for FY 2013-14 are as below:- Outlay of current expenditure for FY 2013-14 is estimated at Rs 607,569.311 million against Revised Budget Estimates of Rs 549,762.393 million for FY 2012-13 which shows an increase of approximately 10.5%. Broadly, allocations in the current budget for FY 2013-14 have been made on the following principles/parameters: *10% increase in pay and pension for government employees. • Inclusion of recurring cost of completed development programs to non development budget. • While ascertaining the shares of Provincial Allocable and Retained, effort has been made to protect the shares of local governments under PFC Award. However, pending the announcement of new PFC owing to completion of tenure of local governments, consideration of actual fiscal needs of local governments in financial year 2013-14 have also been taken into account in determining the shares of local governments under PFC award. • Allocation of Rs.7.627.844 million has been made in FY 2013-14 for provision of free medicines in public sector hospitals. • Under the Punjab Education Sector Reform Project, a provision of Rs. 10,400,000 million has been made for disbursement of provision of non-salary budgets to schools, stipend to girls, free text books and management of public sector schools through school councils. This amount also includes a block allocation of Rs. 3,500.000 million as additional conditional grant for non-salary budget of schools in 9 pilot districts of Punjab. These funds will also help school administration/school management councils to provide better services to children in schools. • An allocation of Rs.36,000.000 million has been made for subsidies and pro-poor initiatives in financial year 2013- 14 against the budget estimates of Rs. 34,000.000 million in FY 2012-13. *Transfers to Local Government have been budgeted at Rs.239,000.000 million in FY 2013-14 against budget estimate of Rs.210,983.105 million in FY 2012-13 in this way, an additional sum of Rs.28,016.895 million has been provided for Local Governments in FY 2013-14 showing an increase of 13.3% over budget estimates for FY 2012-13. • Allocations for the Health Department have increased from Rs.36,656,545 million in FY 2012-13 to Rs.44,629.627 million in FY 2013-14 representing an increase of 25% over the budget estimates of FY 2012-13. It is estimated that during FY 2013-14 government will spend an amount of Rs.97,374.839 million on health sector including the expenditure to be incurred by District Governments.This include the expenditure on development and current sides of the budget both at provincial and district level. • Expenditure on the Education Sector has been estimated at Rs.40,596.539 million in FY 2013-14 against Budget Estimates of Rs.31,307.272 million in FY 2012-13 showing increase of 30%. It may also be highlighted that during next FY 2013-14 total expenditure on education including that of District Governments is estimated to the tune of Rs 230,891.382 million. This incudes expenditure on current and development sides both at district and provincial level. • Expenditure on Pension is pitched at Rs.74,935.253 million in FY 2013-14 against the revised estimate of Rs.64,409.390 million in FY2012-13. Increase in allocations on this account has been made in accordance with the increasing trend of pension related expenditure of the Government. • Expenditure on account of Public Order and Safety Affairs has been estimated at Rs.93,718.858 million in FY 2013-14 against the budget estimate of Rs.81,864.264 million in FY 2012-13 showing an increase of 14.5% in co,parison with the FY 2012-13. The additional allocation has been made primarily to provide for needs of Law Courts and Police. Point to Note: Ya bhi APP ki report ha, last sa third bullet parho, which reads " Expenditure on the Education Sector has been estimated at Rs.40,596.539 million in FY 2013-14 against Budget Estimates of Rs.31,307.272 million in FY 2012-13 showing increase of 30%." Punjab governement khud admit ker rahi ha k 30% increase ha last year sa education budget ma, is sa agay parho tu likha ha "It may also be highlighted that during next FY 2013-14 total expenditure on education including that of District Governments is estimated to the tune of Rs 230,891.382 million" Ab ya statement confusing ha, agr ya bhi education budget ka hissa ha tu last year sa sirf 30% increase kaisay howa? Ab tum khud samjhdar ho k ya sirf alfaz ki haira pahiri ha, actual increase last year sa 30% ha, aur total educatio expenditure around 41 Billion ha.I hope you can ow see the reality.
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