NA approves over Rs500bn in supplementary budget for FY25, Rs475bn for FY26
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Pakistan's National Assembly approved supplementary budgets exceeding Rs500 billion for FY25 and Rs475 billion for FY26, covering power, defense, health, education, and various civil expenditures.
The National Assembly on Wednesday approved a supplementary budget of Rs593.64 billion for the fiscal year 2024-2025 (FY24-25) and a sum of Rs475.05bn for the outgoing fiscal year (FY25-26). Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb moved a series of papers for approval during Wednesday’s session. Under the Constitution, the government must secure parliamentary approval for the federal budget before any spending. This approval allows the government to spend specified funds for different heads. However, the government often seeks retrospective approval for additional amounts already spent, leaving the parliament with no choice but to regularise these expenditures. The NA’s X account said Aurangzeb laid the Supplementary Authorised Expenditure 2024-2025 and 2025- 2026, along with other papers, before the house under Article 83 of the Constitution. Dawn provides a breakdown of the additional amounts approved for spending during FY24-25 and FY25-26, which will conclude on June 30. FY2024-25 The following supplementary grants were approved for FY24-25 (July 2024- June 2025): Rs430.10bn for Power Division Rs37.89bn for miscellaneous expenditure Rs22.84bn for defence services Rs22.15bn capital outlay on civil works Rs5.79bn for both civil and armed forces Rs5.61bn for Commerce Division Rs5.60bn for development expenditure of Finance Division Rs3.82bn for National Health Services Rs2.69bn for Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rs1.80bn for Information and Broadcasting Division Rs1.43bn for educational institutions under the federal government, cantonments and garrisons Rs1.26bn for other development expenditure Rs1.25bn for Defence Division Rs1.10bn for development expenditure of Interior Division Rs750m for the development expenditure of Power Division Rs300m for Cabinet Division Rs250m was approved for the federal education and professional training division Rs238.42m for National Food Security and Research Division Rs207.97m capital outlay on Petroleum Division Rs160.46m for Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Rs90.27m in respect of foreign missions Rs64.82m for Airports Security Force Rs50m for Parliamentary Affairs Division Rs49.65m for the Law and Justice Division Rs14m supplementary funds were approved for the Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan affairs division The following grants were approved in “excess authorised expenditure” during FY24-25 Rs19.03bn for the combined civil armed forces Rs15.63bn in development expenditure of Water Resources Division Rs1.19bn for Law and Justice Division Rs646.64m for the federal education and professional training division Rs508.77m for foreign missions Rs483.92m for superannuation allowances and pensions Rs17.46m for the Communications Division Rs2.57m for the Petroleum Division Rs1.28m for district judiciary, ICT These amounted to a total of Rs593.64bn in supplementary grants and excess expenditure for FY24-25. Charged expenditure for FY24-25 Staff household and allowances president: Rs208.00m Repayment of short-term foreign credits: Rs40.34bn Audit: Rs63.00m Repayment of domestic debt: Rs2,603.86bn These totalled to Rs2,644.48bn. Excess charged expenditures for FY24-25 Repayment of domestic debt: Rs1,915.92bn Servicing of domestic debt: Rs169.32bn Foreign loans repayment: Rs1.54bn Superannuation allowances and pensions: Rs662.85m Federal Tax Ombudsman: Rs81.52m Repayment of short-term foreign credits: Rs32.81m Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection against Harassment of Women at workplace: Rs48,668 These totalled to Rs2,087.57bn. FY2025-26 For FY25-26 (July 2025-June 2026), the following supplementary grants were approved: Rs127.41bn for grants, subsidies and miscellaneous expenditure Rs105.50bn for Power Division Rs57.18bn federal education and professional training division Rs33.96bn for defence services Rs29.66bn for National Health Services Rs22.35bn for poverty alleviation and social safety Rs19.72bn other expenditure of interior and narcotics control Rs13.82bn miscellaneous expenditure of Information and Broadcasting Division Rs13.10bn for Petroleum Division Rs10.00bn development expenditure of Revenue Division Rs7.88bn capital outlay on civil works Rs7.50bn for Commerce Division Rs6.61bn capital outlay on Railways Division Rs6.35bn development expenditure of Power Division Rs5.00bn for Housing and Works Division Rs4.25bn for Defence Division Rs4.18bn development expenditure of the federal education and professional training division Rs4.00bn for National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Rs3.70bn for development expenditure of IT & Telecom Division Rs2.37bn for federal miscellaneous investments and other loans Rs2.08bn for Information Technology and Telecommunication Division Rs1.57bn for the development expenditure of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission Rs1.47bn for Information and Broadcasting Division Rs1.38bn combined civil armed forces Rs967.50m for Cabinet Division Rs960.27m for Interior and Narcotics Control D