Friday, September 19, 2008

Budget at a glance

Highlights:
Total outlay Rs 236.15 billion
Recurrent expenditure Rs 128.51 billion
Capital expenditure Rs 91.31 billion
Repayment of loans Rs 16.18 billion
General administration Rs 111.82 billion
Development programmes Rs 124.19 billion
Net budget deficit Rs 41.11 billion.

Projections:
GDP growth - 7%
Agriculture growth - 4.5 %
Non-agriculture - 8.3 %
Inflation - 7.5 %

Source of finance for the budget:
Rs 129.21 billion revenue
Rs 47.93 billion foreign grant
Rs 18.70 billion foreign loan

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