ISLAMABAD, June 12 -- The Pakistani government on Friday unveiled its budget for the fiscal 2020-21 amid economic slowdown and challenges triggered off by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Hammad Azhar, presented the budget of 7,294.9 billion rupees (about 44.17 billion U.S. dollars) for the upcoming fiscal year starting from July 2020 to June 2021 at the lower house of the country's parliament after approval by the cabinet.
In his speech in the parliament, the minister said that COVID-19 has seriously affected the developing economies like Pakistan, and the pandemic has affected not only health sector but also has social and economic implications.
Economic activity in the country slowed down due to lockdown imposed by the government to stop the spread of the virus, and the whole activity also had a negative impact on the GDP rate and investment, he said.
No new income tax has been imposed in the budget as the government wants to enhance the tax net to make more people pay taxes rather than levying more taxes on the taxpayers. The new budget also eyed on fiscal management, revenue mobilization, measures for economic stabilization and growth, reduction in non-development expenditures, boosting exports, job creation and people friendly policies for the socioeconomic prosperity of the country.
A total of 1.3 trillion rupees have been allocated for defense expenditures for the forthcoming financial year, Azhar said.
To contain COVID-19, the government allocated 70 billion rupees. For Special Economic Zones to be built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the government has allocated 70 billion rupees whereas 26 billion more will be spent on other CPEC projects including a major railway project, Azhar said.
For science and technology 20 billion rupees have been allocated whereas 5 billion rupees more will go to educational reform.
The government also set inflation target for the forthcoming fiscal year at 6.5 percent.
Furthermore, the government has decided to postpone repayment of any foreign debt till FY2022 to divert critical resources to crisis management.
After the presentation of the budget, debate on the proposed budget will be followed in the succeeding sessions of the house, after which it is likely to be approved from the lower house formally by the end of this month. After approval from the lower house, the budget will be presented in the upper house.
Local analysts, public, and businessmen gave mixed reviews to the budget. Businessmen welcomed the budget for not imposing any extra taxes on them. However, they also expected some relief by the government to help them survive during the pandemic outbreak.
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