NA approves over Rs500bn in supplementary budget for FY25, Rs475bn for FY26

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 Division

Rs536.07m other development expenditure

Rs344.73m development expenditure of Interior and Narcotics Control Division

Rs250.00m for National Security Division

Rs170.40m for Inter-Provincial Coordination division

Rs150.00m for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Division

Rs112.11m for other expenditure of Finance Division

Rs76.23m for Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) Division

Rs40.00m for the development expenditure of Defence Division

Rs27.42m for National Food Security and Research Division

These amounted to a total of Rs475.05bn in supplementary grants for FY25-26.

Charged expenditure for FY25-26

Repayment of domestic debt: Rs12,624.8bn

Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan: Rs2.25bn

Elections: Rs455.98m

These totalled to Rs12,645.5bn.

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