Sindh budget for FY 2022-23 to be presented today

Karachi: Sindh budget for the next fiscal year will be presented at the provincial assembly in Karachi on Tuesday (today).

Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, who also holds the portfolio of Finance, will present the budget proposals in the house—with an allocation of Rs459.68 billion for the development projects in the province.

According to the budget documents, the province will start 1,652 new development projects while it will continue executing 2,506 ongoing projects.

Last year, the provincial government had earmarked Rs329 billion for the development programme.

The budget proposes to allocate Rs253 billion for the ongoing 2506 projects while suggesting to set aside Rs79 billion for new 1652 development programmes. 

Overall, it has been suggested to earmark Rs332.15 billion for 4158 projects.