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01-05-2007, 02:30 PM
With a vote of 22 to 7 the nation's 2007 budget plan was passed in the Senate yesterday, after two consecutive readings. The budget included an addendum the Executive Branch sent the Senate only a few hours earlier.
Increases in budgeted amounts approved by the Senate include: RD$300 million more for the Chamber of Deputies; RD$185 million more for the National Potable Water and Sewage Institute (INAPA); RD$175 million more for the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and RD$50 million more for the European National Authorizing Office (ONFED), RD$3 million more for the Supreme Court of Justice and RD$100 million for the Social Assistance Plan of the Presidency.
Listin Diario writes that it redistributes RD$1.14 billion to private and public institutions and increases the budgets of 25 entities for a total of RD$1,075,123,158 as well as an RD$62 million increase in the budgets of 10 subdivisions of private institutions. An additional RD$49 million will go to Public Health and another RD$100 million goes to the Presidency's Social Assistance Department. NGOs also suffered some setbacks in the budget. Only 479 NGOs were recognized in the budget and they will receive RD$684 million in 2007. According to Listin Diario, this is a reduction from 2,403 such entities that enjoyed state funding in previous years. The total budget for 2007 is RD$258 billion.
The original RD$234 million proposal of the Executive Branch divided funds as follows: <b> <b>2007<b>2006 Public Debt 59.96 62.92 Treasury Obligations 28.56 23.43 Presidency 27.57 31.95 Public Health 24.94 23.61 Education 24.92 19.83 PublicWorks 22.00 6.84 Interior & Police 18.68 17.92 Finance 9.66 11.61 Armed Forces 8.98 8.66 Agriculture 6.37 6.04 Higher Education 3.83 2.78 Congress 3.69 3.66 Judicial Branch 3.19 3.22 Environment 2.97 2.84 Foreign Relations 2.61 2.30 Sports 1.90 1.89 Attorney General 1.99 1.51 Central Electoral Board 1.66 3.39 Industry & Commerce 1.42 1.14 Culture 984M 879M Tourism 960M 960M Labor 816M 1.33 Women 234M 242M Youth 196M 186M Chamber of Acounts 356M 356M The bill now moves to the Chamber of Deputies.
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Increases in budgeted amounts approved by the Senate include: RD$300 million more for the Chamber of Deputies; RD$185 million more for the National Potable Water and Sewage Institute (INAPA); RD$175 million more for the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and RD$50 million more for the European National Authorizing Office (ONFED), RD$3 million more for the Supreme Court of Justice and RD$100 million for the Social Assistance Plan of the Presidency.
Listin Diario writes that it redistributes RD$1.14 billion to private and public institutions and increases the budgets of 25 entities for a total of RD$1,075,123,158 as well as an RD$62 million increase in the budgets of 10 subdivisions of private institutions. An additional RD$49 million will go to Public Health and another RD$100 million goes to the Presidency's Social Assistance Department. NGOs also suffered some setbacks in the budget. Only 479 NGOs were recognized in the budget and they will receive RD$684 million in 2007. According to Listin Diario, this is a reduction from 2,403 such entities that enjoyed state funding in previous years. The total budget for 2007 is RD$258 billion.
The original RD$234 million proposal of the Executive Branch divided funds as follows: <b> <b>2007<b>2006 Public Debt 59.96 62.92 Treasury Obligations 28.56 23.43 Presidency 27.57 31.95 Public Health 24.94 23.61 Education 24.92 19.83 PublicWorks 22.00 6.84 Interior & Police 18.68 17.92 Finance 9.66 11.61 Armed Forces 8.98 8.66 Agriculture 6.37 6.04 Higher Education 3.83 2.78 Congress 3.69 3.66 Judicial Branch 3.19 3.22 Environment 2.97 2.84 Foreign Relations 2.61 2.30 Sports 1.90 1.89 Attorney General 1.99 1.51 Central Electoral Board 1.66 3.39 Industry & Commerce 1.42 1.14 Culture 984M 879M Tourism 960M 960M Labor 816M 1.33 Women 234M 242M Youth 196M 186M Chamber of Acounts 356M 356M The bill now moves to the Chamber of Deputies.
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