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Defense Ministry gets top allocation in 2018 state budget
Jakarta Post - October 26, 2017
"After the [final] update, the Defense Ministry budget is Rp 107.7 trillion. It is the largest allocation," said the Finance Ministry's director general of budgetary affairs Askolani in Jakarta as reported by kompas.com on Thursday.
There is no further explanation about the detailed use of the funds in the ministry. Total government spending in the approved state budget will reach Rp 2.22 quadrillion.
The second-largest budget allocation will go to the Public Works and Housing Ministry, as it will receive Rp 107.4 trillion, followed by the Religious Affairs Ministry (Rp 62.2 trillion), Health Ministry (Rp 59.1 trillion), Transportation Ministry (Rp 48.2 trillion), Social Ministry (Rp 41.3 trillion), Research and Higher Education Ministry (Rp 41.3 trillion), Education and Culture Ministry (40.1 trillion), Finance Ministry (Rp 32.9 trillion) and the Agriculture Ministry (Rp 23.8 trillion).
Meanwhile, the National Police get Rp 96.3 trillion, the largest figure for a non-ministry government institution. Askolani said the budget increase for the National Police was to strengthen security prior to the simultaneous regional elections in 101 regions and to establish a new Regional Police Headquarters.
The second-largest budget allocation for non-ministry government institutions will go to the General Elections Commission as it will receive Rp 12.5 trillion, followed by the Supreme Court (Rp 8.3 trillion), the Attorney General (Rp 6.4 trillion) the House (Rp 5.7 trillion), the National Narcotics Agency (Rp 5.6 trillion), the Election Supervisory Body (Rp 5.6 trillion), the National Family Planning Coordination Board (Rp 5.5 trillion), the Central Statistics Agency (Rp 4.8 trillion) and the Supreme Audit Agency (Rp 2.8 trillion). (bbn)
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