The government has submitted for the parliamentary procedure the proposed amendments to the Budget Law for this year, with which it predicted over €130m in additional costs, writes Dan.
In relation to the Budget Law for this year, current budget expenditures were increased by €29.96m, the budget of state funds by €62.95m, reserves by €37m, financing transactions by €5m, while the capital budget was reduced by €2.1m.
According to that document, the original budget revenues for this year are planned in the total amount of €2.42bn or 37.6% of the estimated GDP, which is €275.3m (12.8%) more than the revenues planned for this year by the Budget Law.
As Prime Minister Milojko Spajic announced after the cabinet meeting, total budget expenditures were increased mainly for the implementation of activities to overcome the energy crisis in the amount of €22.36m, missing funds from the field of social protection in the amount of €21m and missing funds for rights from the field of pension and disability insurance amounting to €25m.
There was also a shortage of €12.6m for the settlement of obligations based on the purchase of medicines, €11.5m for payment of subsidies to employers who employ people with disabilities, and €7.4m for wages.
The dominant increase in funds refers to the increase in current budget reserves in the amount of €35.34m, bearing in mind that they were spent in accordance with the Law on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility and the adopted conclusions of the Government.
