Mohammad Arshad Islamabad
The Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, will launch the Pakistan Economic Survey 2020-21 today (Thursday).
As per budgetary traditions, Economic Survey is launched a day before the federal government intends to lay the federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year in the parliament.
Same practice is being observed here also as the government is going to lay down the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 in the parliament on Friday.
The Economic Survey will provide comprehensive details on the major socio-economic achievements during the financial year, 2020-21.
The Government of Pakistan is firmly committed to presenting a pro-people, business-friendly and growth-oriented Federal Budget FY 2021-22.
The Government will pursue an all-inclusive, sustained and robust economic growth through short, medium and long-term economic planning.
The Government has adhered to strict financial discipline, amid Covid-19 crisis aiming at fiscal consolidation.
The Survey would highlight the main features of the policies undertaken by the present government, which are focused on bringing macro-economic stability and putting the economy on growth trajectory.
The survey would cover the development of all the important sectors of economy, including growth and investment, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, fiscal development, money and credit, capital markets, inflation, debt and liabilities.
