Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has presented a surplus budget of Rs 2119 billion in their coming financial year

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minimal wage 40 thousand: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has presented a surplus budget of Rs 2119 billion in coming fiscal year, where Rs 547 billion would be utilized in the annual development program. The approximate revenue size of the province is pegged at Rs 2119 billion and the expenditure will be the amount during the year as Rs 1962 billion.

The provincial government will therefore save the sum of 157 billion by the end of the new fiscal year. Although the budget suggestion is on an increment of both the basic salary of the government workers of the province and the pension of the retired employees by a rate of 10 percent and 7 percent respectively.

The recommendation has been suggested to raise the disparity reduction allowance of the government employees by five percent (15 percent to 20 percent) and to raise minimum monthly wage within the province to Rs 40,000 (up by four percent).

It is proposed that that the salaries of all personnel constables to inspectors at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police must be kept at the level of the Punjab Police, that the martyrs package of constables, ASIs and It is also proposed to provide an increment of the martyrs package of inspectors to Rs 11 million, DSPs and ASPs to Rs 16 million and SPs, SSPs and DIGs to Rs 21 million.