Funding for President's Administration, Gov't and Parliament to be Reduced
In 2020, funding for the Presidential Administration will be reduced by GEL 750,000, the bill drafted by the Ministry of Finance shows.
Funding for the Governmental Administration will also be reduced by GEL 1 million, while the Parliament budget will be reduced by GEL 4 million.
As for other agencies, their funding will be reduced by GEL 1 million on the initiative of the Audit Office; capital expenditures of common courts will be reduced by GEL 8 million; capital expenditures of the High Council of Justice will be reduced by GEL 1 million; capital expenditures of the State Security Service will be reduced by GEL 1 million; expenses of the Pension Agency will be reduced by GEL 500,000; allocations of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports will be reduced by a total of GEL 127.7 million; funding for the Youth Agency will be reduced by GEL 1.5 million, etc.
"It should be noted that the total additional expenditure due to the pandemic is 2 037.9 billion GEL, and the reduction within the pre-pandemic budget is 547.0 million GEL, including the current expenditures in the state budget alone, decreased by 199.6 million GEL, and capital expenditures has been reduced by 347.5 million GEL,” reads the document.
The draft law has been submitted to Parliament today.
By Ana Dumbadze