- Ten per cent relief allowance has also been announced on basic pay for all Sindh government employees.
- The revised estimates for the total receipts of the province for the current financial year are Rs617 billion.
- Developmental expenditure of the province is estimated at Rs214 billion. This includes a provincial Annual Development Programme (ADP) of Rs162 billion.
- The estimated current revenue expenditure of the province is at Rs503.34 billion.
- With a 10-15 per cent increase, the allocation for education sector has been tipped to go up to Rs133-Rs144 billion.
- Health sector is expected to get an allocation of Rs53 billion.
- Rs106 billion in the education budget has reportedly been earmarked under the non-development head.
- 503 billion are being allocated for education secretariat and Rs2 billion for unforeseen expenditure.
- Rs65 billion is being earmarked for law and order with allocation for the police to be at Rs60 billion and the Sindh Rangers at Rs2.44 billion. The Frontier Constabulary will get Rs1 billion in addition to Rs5 billion meant for procuring modern weapons.
- Annual Development Programme is estimated to be at Rs200 billion to complete the 2,370 ongoing schemes and execute 590 new schemes.
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