2014–15 Pakistan federal budget

2014–15 Federal Budget 2014–15

Submitted	3 June 2014[1]
Submitted by	Ishaq Dar[2][3]
Submitted to	National Assembly
Passed	21 June 2014
Parliament	Pakistan
Party	PML(N)
Treasurer	Ministry of Finance
Total revenue	₨. 3.94 trillion[4]
Total expenditures	₨. 3.937 trillion[4]
Program Spending	₨. 4.3 trillion[5]
Deficit	4.9% of the GDP
Website	2014–15 Budget
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The Federal budget 2014–15^[6] was the federal budget of Pakistan for the fiscal year beginning from 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015.

Presented and submitted by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on 30 June 2014 at the National Assembly, it was originally outlay ₨. 3.8tn;^[7] eventually it was increased to ₨. 4.3tn after several recommendations were inserted on 21 June 2014.^[5] This is the second federal budget submitted during the tenure of Prime Minister and the his cabinet.

Effective economic policies of the previous budget crawled up the nation's GDP rate to 4.1% for the first time in the last six years; though it fell short of the targeted rate of 4.4% for the 2013–14.^[8] In addition, the per capita income grew at dismal 1.41% ($1,386/person) as the economic survey showed that the key indicator the tax-to-GDP ratio was again missed and stood at only 8.8%.^[8] The budget proposed a 10.0% relief in the salaries of government employees and an increase in the minimum monthly wage to ₨. 12,000 from ₨. 10,000.

Under this budgetary program, the social security is being raised from ₨. 5000 to ₨.6000. Total revenue collection is approximated at the ₨. 3.943 tn which is 10.1% up compared to the 2013–14. Current expenditures are estimated at ₨. 3.937 tn and the allocation for Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2014–15 is ₨. 525 billion. The fiscal deficit is kept 4.9% in 2014–15 and total foreign loans Pakistan expects to receive is ₨.869 billion.^[9]

References

1. "Balanced budget to be presented on June 3: Dar". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
2. "Healthcare to get little better budget for next fiscal – thenews.com.pk". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
3. "Dar set to unveil tax-heavy budget - Pakistan - DAWN.COM". dawn.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
4. Dawn.com; Haider, Irfan (5 June 2014). "Finance minister unveils Rs 3.945tr budget for 2014–15". Dawn newspapers, 2014–15. Dawn newspapers. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
5. News desk (21 June 2014). "NA approves Finance Bill 2014–15 Saturday, June 21, 2014". The News International, Saturday, 21 June 2014. The News International. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
6. PD. "Federal Budget Publications 2014–15". Govt. Pakistan. Ministry of FInance press. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
7. "Govt likely to table Rs 3.8tr budget on Tuesday | Pakistan Today". pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
8. Anis, Ema (3 June 2014). "Real Time Analysis". Express Tribune, June 2014. Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
9. PML-N govt presents 2nd budget with Rs3.945 trn outlay for 2014–15