QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday approved a supplementary budget of Rs119.49 billion for the current fiscal year 2025-26, covering both development and non-development expenditures.
The supplementary budget includes over Rs61.29 billion for non-development expenditures and more than Rs58.19 billion for development expenditures. A total of 46 supplementary grant demands were approved during the session.
Presenting the supplementary budget, Provincial Finance Minister Mir Shoaib Nosherwani moved 21 supplementary demands for non-development expenditures, amounting to over Rs61 billion. These allocations covered several key departments, including health, energy, irrigation, transport, industries and commerce, fisheries, the CM Secretariat and the Board of Revenue.
Among the major allocations, over Rs28.35 billion was approved for the Energy Department, Rs12.67 billion for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), and Rs5.40 billion for the Health Department. Additional funds were also allocated for sports and youth affairs, science and information technology, culture and tourism, and the provincial ombudsman.
The House unanimously approved all non-development expenditure demands.
The finance minister also tabled 25 supplementary demands for development expenditures totaling more than Rs58.19 billion. These included allocations for communications and works, public health engineering, colleges and higher education, health, forest and wildlife, local government, transport, school education, women development and urban planning.
Significant development allocations included Rs10.66 billion for communication and works projects, Rs16.03 billion for multi-departmental schemes and Rs18.64 billion for the Balochistan Special Development Initiative.
The approval of the supplementary budget is aimed at meeting urgent financial requirements and accelerating development projects across the province before the close of the fiscal year on June 30, 2026. Following the approval of all supplementary demands, the session was adjourned.
