{"id":93969,"date":"2023-06-21T11:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=93969"},"modified":"2023-06-21T11:01:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T06:01:48","slug":"punjab-budget-unveiled-outlay-pkr-1-719t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-budget-unveiled-outlay-pkr-1-719t.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab presents 4-month budget 2023-24 with outlay of PKR 1.719t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The caretaker government of Punjab has unveiled a tax-free budget for the first four months of the upcoming financial year 2023-24 (July to October), according to news published on June 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/features-budget-2023-24-outlay-pkr-14tr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Budget 2023-24: Govt proposes budget with PKR 14tr outlay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Punjab budget unveiled, with an outlay of PKR 1.719 trillion, was approved by the cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi. The following are the key highlights of the budget:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The salaries of all government employees will be increased by 30%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pensions will see a 5% raise, while pensioners above 80 years of age will receive a 20% increase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 30% increase in the basic salaries of government employees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The budget does not introduce any new taxes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The removal of all provincial taxes on the IT industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 325 billion for the development program over the next four months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 426.87 billion has been earmarked for ongoing development schemes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 941.34 billion has been allocated for current expenditures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 1 billion for the establishment of the journalist endowment fund<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 70 billion allocated for social welfare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 120.4 billion has been allocated for service delivery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 16.4 billion capital investment has been approved for the energy sector<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 47.6 billion has been approved for agricultural sector development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 195 billion is allotted for education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/government-approves-160-road-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Details shared on approved road projects in upcoming budget<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PKR 183 billion reserved for health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 65 billion earmarked for agriculture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 18 billion is reserved for irrigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PKR 5.3 billion has been earmarked for the IT sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi assured that no new taxes had been imposed and emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to providing relief during challenging times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the details of the Punjab budget unveiled with an outlay of PKR 1.719 trillion by the caretaker government&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[57076,57113],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-budget-2023-24","9":"tag-punjab-presents-4-month-budget-2023-24-with-outlay-of-pkr-1-719t","10":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab Budget Unveiled with outlay PKR 1.719t - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab budget unveiled with an outlay of PKR 1.719 trillion with no new taxes been imposed and a commitment to providing relief to people....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-budget-unveiled-outlay-pkr-1-719t.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab Budget Unveiled with outlay PKR 1.719t - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab budget unveiled with an outlay of PKR 1.719 trillion with no new taxes been imposed and a commitment to providing relief to people....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-budget-unveiled-outlay-pkr-1-719t.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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