According to the district accounts, Killa Saifullah is having a surplus budget for the years 1994-95 and 1995-96 if development expenditure in the district, which was made by-passing the district treasury, is not taken into consideration. In 1994-95, the total revenue generated by various government agencies and organisations in the district amounted to rupees 161,365,669 which increased to rupees 201,122,982. On the other hand, total expenditure disbursed from the district treasury in the financial year 1994-95 was rupees 158,681,310 while in 1995-96 it was rupees 198,719,911. Although development expenditure by the district treasury was below 2 percent of the total expenditure in these years (1994-96) this financial balance indicates the district’s potential regarding financial self-sufficiency. These data have been provided by the District Treasury Office where all the revenue, collected by various federal and provincial government departments functional in the district, is deposited. The same office is responsible for disbursing expenditure money to these departments.

Most of the development activities in the district are funded through the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). Development funds from federal and provincial resources are only partly administered at the district level. The local government institutions either do not have financial independence, as in the case of the Union councils, or they have limited income resources. Major development activities are directly administered from provincial level and it is sometimes hard to trace accurately which part specifically benefits Killa Saifullah district. Moreover, in case of block allocations at the provincial level, accurate break-down at the district level is not possible. The following statistics are only regarding those funds which were specifically earmarked for Killa Saifullah district.

In 1995-96, a total amount of 13.769 million rupees was allocated for development activities under the revised Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in physical planning and housing, roads, college education and primary health care sectors. This amount was earmarked for completion of 4 ongoing schemes. No new scheme was proposed in this budget while the ongoing schemes included construction of offices / residence, improvement of Inder Base road, construction of an inter college at Muslim Bagh and construction of residences for the health personnel. For the year 1996-97, total revised PSDP allocation was 1.8 million rupees for two ongoing development schemes.

The allocation in the PSDP for the financial year 1997-98 amounts to 32.623 million rupees for 20 schemes, including a Foreign Project Assistance (FPA) component of 6.246 million rupees. These figures have to be seen as provisional, because it is not at all sure that the provincial government can avail of the required funds.