The budget for Balochistan province for the year 2013-14 worth over Rs 198 billion was presented in the provincial assembly on Thursday.
Presenting the budget in the House‚ Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said every possible step had been taken to provide relief to the people.
He said despite resource constraint‚ the government had decided to give fifteen percent raise in salaries of government employees and in pension of retired government employees.
Giving details of funds allocation to various sectors, the chief minister said over Rs 43 billion had been allocated for development sector, while a sum of Rs 34 billion had been earmarked for the education sector.
Baloch said over Rs 16 billion had been allocated for maintenance of law and order in the province, while more than Rs 11 billion would be spent on the health sector. Agriculture projects would receive more than Rs 5 billion.
He said Rs 37 billion had been reserved for capital expenditure and over Rs 117 billion have been earmarked for revenue expenditure.
“A sum of over Rs 8 billion has been earmarked for new communication schemes. More than Rs 1 billion and 80 million have been allocated for development programmes of irrigation sector and Rs 2 billion and 600 million have been allocated for the livestock sector,” he said.
The CM said revealed that Rs 1 billion and 500 million had been earmarked for fisheries and Rs 4 billion and 500 million for public health services sector.
“A sum of Rs 4 billion and 500 million has been set-aside for investment in the mineral sector and Rs 2 billion and 500 million reserved for investment in the power sector,” Baloch added.