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Chapter III - Estimates of Expenditure
Development & Public Health Engineering Department, Environment Protection Department and Local Government & Community
Development Department. Due to COVID-19 induced economic hiatus, allocations for the sector had to be reduced to save resources for
essential health sector, education, economic affairs and maintenance of public peace.
Details of expenditures for FY 2019-20 and estimated allocations for FY 2020-21 are given below.
Housing and Community Amenities
Housing Development
Community Development
Water Supply & Sanitation
(PKR Billion)
BE 2019-20
RE 2019-20
BE 2020-21
0.766
0.667
0.749
3.521
3.104
1.384
9.527
9.587
5.715
Total
13.814
13.358
7.848
Health Services
As discussed earlier in this Chapter, in addition to its impact on public resources streams, COVID-19 and its serious threat to public health is
the major driver for budgetary allocations for Non-Development and Development Expenditure especially in the Health sector. For formulation
of budgetary estimates for healthcare and allied services for FY 2020-21, Government of Punjab had to resort to assumptions regarding
intensity and duration of the pandemic during the year. Needless to say, some emergency measures are inevitable. Development and
improvement of diagnostic facilities, establishment of special COVID related curative facilities to boost capacity for affected citizens and
procurement of curative medicinal stocks and protective equipment of healthcare professionals require substantial increase in Government
spending. Punjab, being a populous Province, has insufficient and ill-equipped public sector hospital facilities to cater to the disease burden.
It has to adopt a very cautious approach towards the pandemic while simultaneously ensuring continued financial support to eradication of
other communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Health
Hospital Services
Public Health Services
Health Administration
BE 2019-20
RE 2019-20
(PKR Billion)
BE 2020-21
117.001
126.175
127.152
6.213
5.081
6.003
21.938
22.727
23.916
Total
145.151
153.983
157.071
Health sector receives 8.0% increase in budgetary estimates for FY 2020-21 to a total of PKR156.720 billion, in addition to similar increase in
expenditure over allocations for the sector during FY 2019-20.
Health
PKR
145.2 bn
+8%
PKR 156.7 bn
BE FY 2020-21
BE FY 2019-20
Additionally, an amount of PKR95.000 billion is earmarked for District Health Authorities as Primary Health is a devolved function in terms of
Punjab Local Governments Act 2019.
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