Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has increased the salaries and pensions of government employees and increase the minimum wage of workers.

The Provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will Present FY budget 2024-25 in the Provincial Assembly on 24th May 2024.

The provincial government has approved raising the minimum wage of workers from 32,000 to 36,000 along with a 10 percent increase in salaries and pensions of government employees.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is going to present a budget of 1754 billion rupees today, in which the expenditure of the province will be 1654 billion rupees and the budget of the provincial government will be a surplus of 100 billion rupees.

BRT fares have been proposed to be hiked by Rs 5 to 10 per stop and 90 per cent of the funds should be allocated to ongoing projects instead of new projects.

Government Employees Salaries increase

A 15% increase in the salaries of government employees has been proposed, while a fund of more than 28 billion rupees has been allocated for the health card in the budget.

Various taxes on transfer of land have been proposed to be reduced from 6% to 3% while the provincial government will form a company for minerals.

KPK BUDGET 2024-25

In the budget, a subsidy fund of up to two and a half billion rupees has been allocated for BRT and instead of imposing new taxes, existing taxes have been modified.

It has been proposed to allocate more than 10 billion rupees loans on easy terms to the youth and under the Kamyab youth program, interest-free loans will be given to the youth on easy terms.

It was proposed to allocate 20% of the development fund to the local government and the proposal to eliminate instead of filling the vacant posts for 3 years is also under consideration while allocating Rs 2 billion for the Chashma Right Bank Canal project.

How Many Salaries increased in KPK Budget 2024-25

The KPK Government will increased 15% Salaries of Government Employees in Budget 2024-25.

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