HYDERABAD, July 31: The district council, Hyderabad, on Saturday approved its budget with a total outlay of Rs4021.564 million for the fiscal year 2004-05. No new taxes were imposed in the new budget.

District Nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman presented budgetary estimates of the current year against revised estimates of Rs3832.609 million of the closing year.

Of total projection of Rs4021.564 million, non-development expenditures are estimated at Rs3044.059 million whereas the development budget under the annual development programme is Rs537.5 million.

The district development programme is estimated at Rs791.5 million which includes ongoing schemes of Rs62 million, uplift programme for each 102 union councils Rs100 million, urban development programme Rs82 million and Rs10 million for schemes under the sugar cess.

Salary and non-salary expenditures of the district nazim secretariat are Rs30.192 million and the district council secretariat expenditures are Rs10.586 million.

The break-up of the ADP funds of Rs537.5 million showed that an amount of Rs123.6 million and Rs72.230 million had been allocated for urban and rural road schemes, respectively.

At least Rs21.416 million will be spent on education in the urban area and Rs53.980 million in the rural area. In the health sector Rs31.425 million have been allocated for urban health projects and Rs0.381 million for rural health projects.

In the culture sector Rs2 million have been allocated for the urban area.

There is an allocation of Rs52.315 million for abandoned schemes of rural and urban areas, Rs31.172 million for the citizen community board and Rs111.3 million for physical planning schemes of the Hyderabad Development Authority.

The ADP also included Rs310 million that were being spent in each UC. Only Rs10 million are required for the completion of these schemes.

Other expenditures included liabilities of the district government including Rs36.612 million of UCs, Rs36.897 million of the Khushhal Pakistan Programme, Rs11.009 million of school management committees and Rs70 million of the WASA (released by the Sindh government for improvement of the water supply system).

Other expenditures included an amount of Rs30.985 million for the City, Latifabad and Qasimabad taluka municipal administrations and Rs0.5 million for maintenance and repairs of vehicles of the health department.

The opening balance of the district government in non- lapsable account-IV is Rs313.668 million whereas the Sindh government had given one line budget of Rs3165.460 million.

The district government's revenue receipts are estimated at Rs34.437 million, besides expected receipts from the Sindh government under the NFC Award Rs306.5 million, Rs82 million are to be revalidated by the Sindh government under the ADP 2003-04 that had lapsed the last year.

The district government will also receive an amount of Rs42.137 million under non-salary components in July. The octroi and zila tax (OZT) share is Rs77.362 million, bringing total receipts to Rs4021.564 million against expenditure of an equal amount.