The government on Friday allocated funds amounting to Rs 24.896 bi
llion in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2
023-24) for the Planning and Development Division to execute16 ongoing and nine new projects. According to the budgetary document, the earmarked Rs 9999.455 mi
llion for the ongoing schemes, out of which Rs 500 mi
llion would be utilized for capacity building and institu
tional strengthening of Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Rs 250 mi
llion for Centre of Excellence for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Rs 200 mi
llion for CPEC Support Project, Rs 677.390 mi
llion for Competitive Grants Programme for Policy-oriented research, Rs100 mi
llion for Development Com
munication Project, Rs 150 mi
llion for Integrated Energy Planning, Rs 10 mi
llion for Na
tional Initiatives for SDGs, Rs 250 mi
llion for Strengthening of M/o PDR in IT, Rs
300 million for strengthening of PDR in Monitoring & Evaluation of PSDP Project, Rs 99.600 mi
llion for feasibility and construction of Plan House in Administrative Sector, F-5/2, Islamabad, Rs 3042.536 mi
llion for Social Sector Accelerator (SSA) for Health, Nutrition, Education, Youth & Gender (HNEYG) Na
tional Priority Initiatives, Rs 1000 mi
llion for Innovation Support Project, Rs 1119.260 mi
llion for Green-Line Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Karachi, Rs 1704.040 mi
llion for Opera
tionalization of Green Line BRTS and Installation of Integrated Intelligent Transport System Equipment, Rs 499.520 mi
llion Re-Construction of Mangho Pir Road from Jam Chakro to Banaras, Karachi (SIDC) and Rs 97.109 mi
llion for construction of 200-bed Jinnah Hospital at Kabul, Afghanistan (Liabilities). Similarly the government reserved Rs14897.171 mi
llion for nine news schemes, out of which Rs700 mi
llion would be spent for feasibility and construction of PIDE (Campus), at H-11/2, Islamabad, Rs200 mi
llion for Policy, Investment and Statistics Support Project (PISSP), Rs 50 mi
llion for Judicial Reforms Project (IHC), Rs6747.171 mi
llion for Special Development Initiatives for backward/poor district in the country (50:50), Rs 6000 mi
llion for Post-Flood Reconstruction Programme: Resilience Enhancement and Livelihood Diversification in Balochistan, Rs500 mi
llion .