Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 at a glance

NewsPakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 at a glance

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led federal government is presenting its sixth consecutive budget for the next financial year 2018-19 in the National Assembly on Friday (April 27, 2018) with an estimated outlay of over Rs 5 trillion.

The newly-appointed Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail will deliver the budget speech.

For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a federal government will present sixth consecutive budget during its five-year tenure.

In the budget 2018-19, provision of relief worth more than Rs 300 billion will be announced while Rs 930 billion will be proposed to be allocated for the developmental budget.

It has been decided to increase prices of cigarette, cement and cosmetic items. It has also been decided to decrease tax rate on import and supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Papers being used for printing of The Holy Quran will be exempted from tax.Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 at a glance

Meanwhile, the government on Thursday launched the Economic Survey 2017-18 in Islamabad, in which the Minister of Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that the Country’s growth rate has reached 5.8 percent, the highest in last 13 years.

Miftah Ismail, while giving figures of growth in different sectors in the outgoing financial year, said that agriculture sector grew by 3.8 percent, manufacturing 5.8 percent, services 6.4 percent and large scale manufacturing by 6.25 percent. He said that current budget deficit is 5.5 percent.

The advisor said that inflation rate remained low during the tenure of the PML-N government, and at present it stands at 3.8 percent which is expected to remain under 4.5 percent by the end of current financial year.

Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 at a glance
Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 at a glance
Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 at a glance
Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 at a glance
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