The Council of Common Interest (CCI) would decide on the devolution of 230 projects under the Public Sector Development Programme to the provinces on April 28, the meeting of the Priorities Committee was told on Friday.
An official source said the meeting would continue till April 26 to decide the current expenditure and development spending in the next fiscal year 2011-12.
The government had transferred Rs 300 billion in additional resources to provinces under the National Finance Commission Award during the current fiscal year, and now wanted the provinces to spend on development from their own resources.
According to the source, devolution of some programmes was easy, such as programmes that were located only in one province, as their responsibility would be shifted to the respective provincial government. However, projects that had inter-provincial jurisdiction issues would require discussion.
The meeting decided that allocations would be made for the leftover subjects of the 18 devolved federal ministries for the next fiscal year. The government had already set up a Capital Division to look into the affairs of the leftover subjects. The committee allowed the federal ministries and departments to enhance their ceilings up to 7 percent, considering the inflationary trends.
However, they were asked to maintain the austerity measures for the next fiscal year, said the source.
During the first day of the meeting, the Ministries of Water and Power, Science and Technology, Housing, and Education, the Federal Board of Revenue, Atomic Energy Commission, Senate and National Assembly Secretariats, Cabinet and Defence Divisions, Controller General Accounts and PM Inspection Commission presented their accounts to the committee.
