The government approved the second budget amendment for 2025

The second budget revision for 2025, adopted by the government on Friday built on an economic growth of 0.6%, a GDP level of 1,902 billion lei, an average annual inflation of 7.1% and an average gross salary of 8,700 lei/month. According to a press release of the government, the main changes on the part of expenses refer to: expenses with the personnel diminished by 255 million lei; expenses with goods and services increase by 6 million lei; expenses with interest rates diminish by one billion lei; expenses with subsidies increase by 442 million lei; transfers between public administration units increase by 2,217 billion lei; sums allocated to projects with financing from non-reimbursable foreign funds diminish by 336.6 million lei; expenses with social assistance diminish by 525.1 million lei; sums allocated to projects with non-reimbursable foreign funds for the financial framework 2014 - 2020 and the Fund for Modernisation diminish by 326.6 million lei. At the same time, the projects financed from the amounts representing the non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR decrease by 2,017 billion lei; projects financed from amounts related to the loan component of the PNRR decrease by 584 million lei; expenses related to programs with reimbursable financing decrease by 42,8 million lei; capital expenditures increase by 352 million lei. The main additional amounts are proposed for: Ministry of Health : + 1,511 billion lei per balance. The addition of transfers to the budget of the National Single Health Social Insurance Fund was ensured (+1,678 billion lei) and savings were identified for projects financed from the amounts representing non-reimbursable financial assistance related to PNRR (- 140 million lei), projects financed from the amounts related to the loan component of the PNRR (-12 million lei), and expenses related to programs with reimbursable financing (-15 million). Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure: =750 million lei for subsidies (+395 million lei), social assistance (+105 million lei) as well as for financial assets (+250 million lei). Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development : + 80,8 million lei, per balance. It is proposed to provide an additional amount for subsidies (+ 100 million lei). Also savings were identified in expenditures on goods and services (- 1.2 million lei), projects financed from the amounts representing non-reimbursable financial assistance related to PNRR(-13 million lei) and projects financed from the amounts related to the loan component of the PNRR (-5 million lei). The main reductions in amounts are proposed for: Ministry of Finance - general actions - 2,089 billion lei, of which: 1 billion lei interests; -800 million lei other transfers and - 289,86 million lei - projects financed from the amounts related to the PNRR loan related to the PNRR loan component; Ministry of Investments and European Projects - 1,6 billion lei. Savings were identified mainly in projects financed from the amounts representing non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR (-1 billion lei), projects financed from non-reimbursable external funds related to the 2014 - 2020 financial framework and from the Modernisation Fund (-350 million lei), personnel expenses (-1,8 million lei) as well as good and services (-0,8 million lei); Ministry of Economy, Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Tourism : -499,2 million lei. Savings were identified from the amounts representing PNRR financial assistance (-248,3 million lei), projects financed from post-accession non-reimbursable external funds (NEF) (-120 million lei), projects financed from the amounts related to the loan component of PNRR (-99,9 million lei), other transfers (-26 million lei), as well as for goods and services (-5 million lei). Public Ministry - - 320,7 million lei.Savings were identified mainly in personnel expenses (-7.3 million lei), projects financed from post-accession non-reimbursable external funds (NEF) (-13 million lei), projects financed from the amounts representing non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR (-300 million lei) and non-financial assets (-0.4 million lei). Special Telecommunications Service: -145,1 million lei. It is proposed to provide additional amounts under the heading of goods and services (+9 million lei) and under the heading of non-financial assets (+2.5 million lei). Considering the execution of budgetary expenditures, savings were identified mainly under the heading of projects financed from non-reimbursable external funds (NEF), post-accession (-14.7 million lei), as well as under the heading of projects financed from amounts representing non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR (- 14.9 million lei). Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity - - 129,2 million lei per balance. Savings were identified in social assistance (-755.1 million lei),projects financed from post-accession non-reimbursable external funds (NEF):(-7.1 million lei),projects financed from the amounts representing non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR (-10.8 million lei), personnel expenses (-6.7 million lei), and projects financed from the amounts related to the loan component of the PNRR (-1.4 million lei). Also there, it is proposed to allocate additional amounts, mainly for:payment of heating subsidies with solid and oil fuels under law no.226/2021 in the amount of 451.4 million lei; other expenses in the amount of 3.0 million lei; transfers from the state budget to the state social insurance budget in the amount of 222.9 million lei. Also, savings of 108,9 million lei were identified at the Ministry of Finance, mainly in personnel expenses (-71 million lei), transfers between public administration units (-1 million lei), other transfers (-3 million lei), projects financed from the post-accession NEF 2014 - 2020 (-0.7 million lei), projects financed from the amounts representing the non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR (-45 million lei), non-financial assets (-98.2 million lei)financial assets (- 24 million lei) and funds were secured for projects financed from non-reimbursable external funds post accession 2012 - 2027 (+ 100 million lei) and other expenses ( + 34 million lei). At the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, savings of 66.3 million lei were identified, in projects financed from non-reimbursable external funds related to the 2014-2020 financial framework and from the Modernisation Fund (-1.3 million lei), projects financed from non-reimbursable external funds (NEF) post- accession (-50 million lei) and expenses related to programs with reimbursable financing (-15 million lei). At the Ministry of Internal Affairs, savings were identified at 51.5 million lei in personnel expenses (-5 million lei), projects financed from non-reimbursable external funds (NEF) post-accession (-20 million lei) in projects financed from the amounts representing the non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR (- 50 million lei) and amounts were provided under social assistance (+20 million lei)for the payment of state military pensions and under other expenses (+3.5 million lei)for the full payment of final sentence pronounced by the courts. At the Court of Accounts the savings identified are in the amount of 43.8 million lei in personnel expenses (-13 million lei), expenses for goods and services (-2 million lei)projects financed from non-reimbursable external funds (NEF) post-accession (-26.8 million) and in non-financial assets (-2 million lei). At the National Integrity Agency, savings of 21 million lei were identified, in personnel expenses (-0.3 million lei), expenses for goods and services (-0.7 million lei) and in projects financed from the amounts representing non-reimbursable financial assistance related to the PNRR (-20 million lei). At the General Secretariat of the Government, savings identified were of 15.2 million lei per balance, in personnel expenses (-4 million lei), transfers between public administration units (-5 million lei), other transfers (-0.4 million lei), other expenses (-0.8 million lei)projects financed from the amounts related to the loan component of the PNRR (-52.8 million lei) and amounts were secured under subsidies (+47 million lei) to support exports, the business environment of international transactions and under non-financial assets (+ 0.8 million lei) for the purchase of IT equipment. (Photo:https://gov.ro/)