our goal
To strengthen democracy, enhance economic growth and reduce poverty in Pakistan
our goal
Sub-National Governance (SNG) works towards governance, institutional & Public Financial Management reforms for improved public service delivery in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
OUR WORK
Planning & Budgeting
Improve how provincial and local governments plan and budget, and follow through with budget execution in an efficient, effective and transparent manner
Institutional Strengthening
Strengthen institutional capacity for governance and public financial management, with a focus on post-Covid recovery and climate change
Fiscal Space Management
Strengthen revenue policy and revenue administration for additional resource generation through tax and non-tax measures
Innovation & Action Research
Improve governance and public financial management through research and innovation pilots
Local Governance
Strengthening local governance across a number of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab to improve resource management and service delivery
Accountability, Inclusion & Transparency
Support the mainstreaming of inclusion, accountability, and transparency in government planning and budgeting processes
our impact
PKR 290 Billion
SNG helps to create physical space of PKR 290 billion
PKR 469 Billion
Punjab retired PKR 469 billion of circular debt on account of wheat subsidy in FY2024 (58% reduction)
82000 Elderly Women
82,000 elderly women receive a monthly cash benefit of PKR 2,000, enhancing their financial security.
PKR 192 Billion
Thorough analysis enabled KP to identify PKR 192 billion in federal receivables that had not yet been paid. KP successfully retrieved PKR 42 billion through NFC reconciliation for NMDs, recalculation of hydel power profits, and FBR and KPRA cross-input reconciliation
An enduring solution to solid waste chaos
SNG’s end-to-end policy cycle support is providing a low-cost indigenous model to manage solid waste with TMA Bahrain and WSSC Babuzai leading the way
PFM laws pending since 1973 enacted
KP and Punjab Public Financial Management Acts fulfill a long-standing constitutional requirement; promote rule-based, efficient, transparent and accountable financial management
Thorough analysis enabled KP to identify PKR 192 billion in federal receivables that had not yet been paid. KP successfully retrieved PKR 42 billion through NFC reconciliation for NMDs, recalculation of hydel power profits, and FBR and KPRA cross-input reconciliation
Punjab retired PKR 469 billion of circular debt on account of wheat subsidy in FY2024 (58% reduction)
82000 elderly women receives a monthly cash benefit of PKR 20,000, enchaining their financial security
PKR
79
billion
Represents an 80% increase in the utilisation of development funds during the first half of FY2021-22 over the same period the year before
PKR
6.6
billion
Equals 23% reduction in pension costs in FY 2021-22 achieved by raising the voluntary retirement age
PKR
15
billion
Is the additional revenue target for FY 2022-23 on account of increase in stamp duty
PKR
2.5
million
Is the number of registration requests logged at new Provincial Socio-Economic Registry
PKR
57
billion
Is the amount of efficiency savings in FY 2022-23 made possible by smarter budgeting
PKR
128
billion
Is the increase in current expenditure representing 25% year-on-year improvement
PKR
81
billion
Is the increase in development spending showing 62% year-on-year improvement
PKR
107
billion
Is the number of priority projects that received 100% budgeted funds, including health and education
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Public Financial
Management Act
- Constitutional provisions upheld
- Efficient financial management
- Enhanced fiscal discipline
- Enhanced budget scrutiny by the legislature
KP Debt
Management Act
- Maintaining debt at a sustainable level
- Enhancing fiscal space
- Transparency to the citizens
Punjab Fiscal
Risk Management Framework
- Annual fiscal risk statement mandated as part of the budget
- Legislative oversight and transparency in the management of fiscal risks
Motor Vehicle Tax
(Amendment) Act
- Universal KP number plates
- More KP based registrations
- Enhanced prestige
- Fewer holdups outside the province
Pension Reforms Amendment to Punjab Civil Servants Act 1974
- Minimum Voluntary Retirement Age raised to 55 years
- Resultant pension liability is less by PKR 85.49 billion
Sales Tax
on Services Act
- Sound legal basis for the Sales Tax
- Facilitating businesses
- Enhanced provincial revenue
Reform in Punjab Pension Rules
- Medical certificates and physical appearance replaced with remote biometrics
- Convenience for pensioners
- Error and frauds prevention
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) Act
- A functionally autonomous KPRA
- Collecting taxes accountably and efficiently
Step towards Treasury Single Account (TSA)
- Zero-Balance Aasaan Assignment Accounts (Punjab)
- Balances from zero-balance accounts returning to the provincial consolidated account
- Improved liquidity
