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Highlights from esop
- Pakistan is improving quantitatively and qualitatively as growth achieved 4.24 percent is broad based
- The GDP growth accelerates to 4.24 percent in 2014 - 15 against the growth of 4.03 percent recorded in the same period last year.
- The agriculture sector accounts for 20.9 percent of GDP an d 43.5 percent of employment
- The industrial sector contributes 20.30 percent in GDP
- The share of the services sector has reached to 58.8 percent in 2014 - 15
- Services sector contains six sub - sectors including: Transport, Storage and Communication; Wholesale and Retail Trade; Finance and Insurance; Housing Services (Ownership of Dwellings); General Government Services (Public Administration and Defense); and Other Private Services (Social Services).
- The Services sector has witnessed a growth rat e of 4.95 percent as compared to 4.37 percent last year.
- Per capita income in dollar terms recorded a significant growth of 9.25 percent in 2014 - 15 as compared to 3.8 3 percent last year. The per capita income in dollar terms has reached to $1,512 in 2014 - 15
- Foreign private investment has reached to $1666.2 million during July - April 2015 as compared to $1050.3 million showing 58.6 percent higher as compared to last year. Out of total foreign investment, the FDI inflow has reached to $2057.3 million
- During July - March of 2014 - 15, fiscal deficit as percent of GDP was contained at 3.8 percent against 3.9 percent in the same period of fiscal year 2013 - 14Tax revenues amounted to Rs.2, 063.2 billion against Rs.1,786.2 billion in the same period last year, thus posted a growth of 15.5 percent.
- The inflation rate measured by the changes in CPI, averaged at 4.8 percent during July - April, 2014 - 15 against 8.7 percent in the comparable period last year, which is lowest since 2003.
- Pakistan’s overall external account balance posted a surplus of US $ 2.12 billion during Jul - Apr 2014 - 15 against US $ 1.95 billion in the corresponding period last year due to marked improvement in the current account and substantial foreign exchange inflows
- The current account deficit stood at US$1.4 billion during Jul - Apr 2014 - 15, which was 53.5 percent less than the deficit of US $ 2.9 billion in Jul - Apr 2013 - 14
- Public debt was recorded at Rs.16,936 billion or 61.8 percent of GDP as at end - March 2015 compared with 62 percent during the same period last year
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