Social sector leads in Punjab’s largest-ever development plan

Punjab on Monday presented Rs1.240 trillion Annual Development Plan for 2025-26, the largest-ever in its history and 43 per cent more than the previous year’s ADP, marking “a shift towards transformational planning, placing equity, innovation and climate resilience at the heart of development”. The government claims that the ADP is not just a funding plan rather a blueprint for shared prosperity, designed to meet current needs while unlocking the province’s full potential for generations to come. Unlike the previous year when infrastructure development had claimed 60pc of the ADP, the social sector emerged as the major beneficiary of the new year ADP with Rs493.5 billion or 40pc of the allocations. Infrastructure development comes next with Rs335.5bn or 27pc share.