Budget 2014-15: PM House spending

In 2011-12 and 2012-13, the budget of the PM office was increased at whopping rate of 56 and 58 per cent respectively.

While the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government following the austerity measures announced the budget of Prime Minister’s office Rs779,355,000 for the fiscal year 2014-15, which is just 3.26 per more higher than last year's estimated figure of Rs 754,614,000 for the year 2013-14, the review of last five years expenditure of the PM Office reveals shocking facts.



In the fiscal year 2010-11, the increase in the PM office expenditure was 8.25 per cent, which was almost 5 per cent lower than the rate of inflation, which stood at 13.7 per cent that year.



Interestingly, in 2011-12 and 2012-13, the government had increased the budget of the PM office at the whopping rate of 56 and 58 per cent respectively.