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      <title>Over Rs130b subsidy proposed for various institutions, including KE</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The government has presented the deficit budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026, proposing subsidies amounting to more than Rs1,363.41 billion for various institutions, including K-Electric.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the power sector, subsidies of Rs1,190 billion have been recommended, including a subsidy of Rs9.50 billion for agricultural tube wells in Balochistan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition, Rs276 billion has been allocated for tariff differential subsidies between electricity companies while Rs65 billion has been set aside for the merged districts of erstwhile FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The government has proposed a subsidy of Rs108 billion Azad Jammu and Kashmir under the tariff differential subsidies. Moreover, Rs48 billion has been allocated for the Pakistan Energy Revolving Fund.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A subsidy of Rs174 billion has been recommended for the K-Electric, Rs8 billion for PASSCO, Rs68 billion for industries and production, Rs65 billion for Utility Stores Corporation, and Rs10 billion for Ramazan package, respectively, for the upcoming fiscal year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The government has proposed worth Rs15.87 billion wheat subsidies for Gilgit-Baltistan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A subsidy of Rs10 billion has been recommended for urea fertiliser revenue while Rs3 billion has been allocated for metro bus subsidies.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The government has presented the deficit budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026, proposing subsidies amounting to more than Rs1,363.41 billion for various institutions, including K-Electric.</strong></p>
<p>For the power sector, subsidies of Rs1,190 billion have been recommended, including a subsidy of Rs9.50 billion for agricultural tube wells in Balochistan.</p>
<p>In addition, Rs276 billion has been allocated for tariff differential subsidies between electricity companies while Rs65 billion has been set aside for the merged districts of erstwhile FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.</p>
<p>The government has proposed a subsidy of Rs108 billion Azad Jammu and Kashmir under the tariff differential subsidies. Moreover, Rs48 billion has been allocated for the Pakistan Energy Revolving Fund.</p>
<p>A subsidy of Rs174 billion has been recommended for the K-Electric, Rs8 billion for PASSCO, Rs68 billion for industries and production, Rs65 billion for Utility Stores Corporation, and Rs10 billion for Ramazan package, respectively, for the upcoming fiscal year.</p>
<p>The government has proposed worth Rs15.87 billion wheat subsidies for Gilgit-Baltistan.</p>
<p>A subsidy of Rs10 billion has been recommended for urea fertiliser revenue while Rs3 billion has been allocated for metro bus subsidies.</p>
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