July 13, 2021
The Sindh finance department, on instructions from Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, has released Rs32.4 billion for the completion of ongoing uplift schemes.
The department has already released Rs6,007.609 million to local bodies against their monthly the Octroi Zila Tax share and grant-in-aid.
“Sindh is the only province in the country that has released its budget in the first week of the new financial year 2021-22.” This was stated by Chief Minister Shah in a statement issued from the CM House on Monday.
Shah said the Octroi Zila Tax had been abolished in the year 1999, and in lieu of the abolished tax, the federal government released funds through regular fiscal transfers at 2.5 percent of the OZT. “The share is low as compared to the municipal responsibilities of local councils,” he said and added: “Upon the abolishing of the OZT by the federal government and low receipts being received by the Sindh province in lieu of OZT, the Sindh government is
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Sindh releases Rs32 4b for development schemes
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July 9, 2021
Sindh Local Government and Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said the provincial government is taking concrete measures to strengthen the local bodies in the city.
“The provincial government alone in the month of July 2021 has provided Rs2,275.879 million to nine local bodies of Karachi, including the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), District Council Karachi and district municipal corporations (DMCs) so that they continue their services uninterrupted in the city,” the local government minister said in a statement issued on Thursday.
He claimed that the Sindh government had in July provided Rs1,074.714 million to the KMC, which included Rs474.714 million Octroi Zila tax (OZT) share and Rs600 million grant. Rs170.058 million was given to the DMC South, including Rs90.058 million OZT share and Rs180 million grant, he added.