Highlights of Federal Budget 2016-17.
Total outlay of budget is Rs. 4.394 trillion.
Tax revenues (Current year): Rs. 3.1 trillion
Deficit budget: Rs. 1.2 trillion gap
Fiscal Deficit: 4.3%
Major Economic Indicators:
Inflation rate (average): 2.82%
Interest rate: 5.75%
Economic growth for current year: 4.71%
Economic growth target for next year 5.7%
Exports: Rs. 18.2 billion
Imports: Rs. 32.7 billion
Foreign Exchange Reserves: $21.6 billion
Remittances: $16 billion
Defense budget: Rs. 860 billion (increase of 11pc from last year)
Annual development program: Rs. 800 billion
Benazir Income Support Program: Rs. 115 billion
Roads and motorway: Rs. 188 billion
Temporary Displaced Persons (TDPs): Rs. 100 billion
HEC: Rs. 79.5 billion
Railway: Rs. 78 billion
Health programs: 22.4 billion
Information Technology: Rs. 11.94 billion
Allocation for Energy projects (Total: Rs. 380 billion)
Neelam Jhelum Hydro Power: Rs. 61 billion
Tarbela IV: Rs. 16.5 billion
Diamer Basha Dam: Rs 32 billion
Dasu hydro power project: Rs. 42 billion
Two LNG power plants (Haveli bahadurshah and Baloki): Rs. 60 billion
Per capita Income: $1561
Minimum wages: Rs. 14000
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