ISLAMABAD, June 5: The Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the 2006-07 fiscal unfolded by the government on Monday has been pitched at Rs435 billion as against Rs272 billion for the outgoing year.

The share of provinces has been increased to Rs115 billion as against Rs68 billion in 2005-06 showing an increase of Rs47 billion.

An amount of Rs50 billion has been allocated for the earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation programme in addition to the Rs435 billion development programme.

The federal programme has been fixed at Rs320 billion as against Rs204 billion in the outgoing fiscal.

The new PSDP focuses on infrastructure development which gets an allocation of Rs154.79 billion, Rs62 billion more than the current fiscal of Rs92.93 billion. The social sector development claims Rs119.04 billion, up by Rs24 billion against the current year’s Rs85 billion.

An amount of Rs31.462 billion has been allocated for ministries of food and agriculture, interior, industries, cabinet division, commerce and works division.

Increased sums have been allocated to complete ongoing water projects like Rs11 billion for Mangla dam, Rs750 million for Mirani dam, Rs300 million for Sabakzai dam, Rs2.7 billion for Kurram Tangi dam, Rs500 million for Satpara dam, Rs3 billion for Gomal Zam dam, Rs1.5 billion for Greater Thal canal, Rs5.5 billion for Kacchhi flood canal and Rs10 billion for Bhasha-Diamer dam.

Wapda will receive an allocation of Rs100 billion, of which Rs47.75 billion will be spent on 41 ongoing and 22 new water sector schemes and Rs52.75 billion will be used on 52 ongoing and 13 other projects in the next fiscal.

An amount of Rs20 billion has been allocated for the Khushal Pakistan Programme and Rs34.42 billion for the Khushal Pakistan Fund.

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission gets an allocation of Rs9.83 billion while Rs400 million will go to the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority.

The education division will be given Rs6.56 billion while Rs16.3 billion has been allocated for the Higher Education Commission programmes.

Health division’s share is Rs11.01 billion and Rs3.28 billion has been allocated for information technology and telecommunication division. An amount of Rs4.43 billion has been set aside for science and technology division and Rs4.35 billion for the population welfare division.

Women development share has been set at Rs4.35 billion. An amount of Rs299.37 million will go to the social welfare and special education division; Rs1.44 billion to the labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis department; Rs10.69 billion to Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and Rs6.2 billion will be provided to Fata.

The local government and rural development department will get Rs530 million, culture and sports Rs437.03 million, youth affairs Rs18.18 million, tourism Rs115.59 million, statistics division Rs146.31 million, and planning and development division will receive an allocation of Rs4.03 billion.

An amount of Rs11.8 billion has been allocated for food, agriculture and livestock division; Rs8 billion for the interior division, Rs764.12 million for the industries, production and special initiative division; Rs1.30 billion for defence division and Rs385.47 million has been earmarked for cabinet division.

Commerce division will get an allocation of Rs910 million, works division Rs1.35 billion, foreign affairs ministry Rs112.93 million, narcotics control division Rs156.91 million, information and broadcasting division Rs834.43 million, establishment division Rs216.52 million, law, justice and human rights division Rs4.12 billion, revenue division Rs1.329 billion, defence production division Rs25.42 million and textile industry division will receive Rs150 million.