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Budget 2016: the ministers which get most money. The top of cuts

January 5, 2016

The ministry of national defence receives in 2016 most of the supplementary money against the preliminary execution of 2015, 3,36 billion lei respectively, reaching 10.35 billion lei (+48%) followed by the ministry of internal affairs with a sum of 1.86 billion lei, at 10.92 billion lei (+20.6%). The first places at the top of cuts is at the ministry of work and the one led by Vasile Dancu. Thus, the share of the allocation in GDP increased from 0.99% to 1.39% in the case of the ministry of defence and that for MAI goes up from 1.29% to 1.46% of GDP according the budget draft for 2016. The ministry of public finaces – general actions will have allocated 1.66 billion lei suplimentary (+1.6%) reaching almost 21.52 billion lei with a share in GDP of 2.88% up from 2.82% of the GDP of 2015. The government gives to the ministry of health 666.8 million lei more than in 2015 (+11.6%) thus the budget of the ministry reaches 6.39 billion lei, representing 0.86% of GDP from 0.81%. The ministry of education and scientific research has supplementary funds 662 million lei (+10.4%) at 6.61 billion lei,, the share in the GDP advances from 0.85% to 0.89%. The highest increase of 130% comes to the ministry for information society which has allocated 240 million lei more and gets to 425,54 million lei, with a share of 0.06% from GDP from 0.03%. The ministry of culture will receive 171,3 million more (+29%) and will have almost 757.3 million lei from the state budget, representing 0.1% up from 0.08% of the GDP. The government allocated to the ministry of agriculture and rural development a supplementary sum of 143.4 million lei (+2.8%),the funds getting to 5.35 billion lei, but the share in the GDP drops from 0.74% to 0.72%. The ministry of economy, commerce and tourism is the last with supplementary funds, of 12.12 million lei (+2.3%) and will receive next year 539.34 million lei. The share of the allocation in the GDP stops at 0.07%. On the other hand, the biggest cut will be applied to the ministry of work, family social protection and elderly, of 3.8 billion lei (-10.3%) so that the ministry will have allocated almost 33.17 billion lei, representing 4.44% of the GDP, going down from 5.25%. This is the following in the top of cuts against the 2015 budget – the ministry of regional development and public administration with minus 1.42 billion lei (-20.7%) so that it gets to a budget of almost 5.44 billion lei, and the share is reduced from 0.97% to 0.73% of the GDP. The ministry of environment, waters and forests will receive with 1.33 billion less (-65.4%) 704.2 million respectively, from 2.04 billion lei, the share in the GDP reaching 0.09% from 0.29%. The sum allocated to the ministry of European funds is reduced with 1.22 billion lei (-27.8%) at about 3.18 billion lei, representing 0.43% of GDP dropping from 0.63%. The budget of Finances was reduced with 352.4 million lei (-8.6%) at approximately 3.75billion lei, with a share of 0.5% of GDP from 0.58%. The budget of the ministry of energy, small and medium entreprises and the business environment dropped with 352.3 million lei (-63.3%) at 204.44 million lei and the share in GDP adjusted from 0.08% to 0.03%. The ministry of justice receives from the budget 3.11 billion lei dropping with 257 million lei (-7.6%) the funs representing 0.42% from GDP against 0.48%. In its turn, the ministry of foreign affairs will have less money allocated, with 121,25 million lei (-14.3%) with funds from the budget of 725.1 million lei and a share of 0.1% of GDP from 0.12%. With the smallest adjustments to the budget is the public ministry with minus 108.5 million lei (-10.4%) receiveing allocations of 934.04 million lei. They represent 0.13% of the GDP, dropping from 0.15%. The ministry for public consultation and civic dialogue will receive 9 million lei, according to the draft budget.

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