RA state budget revenue totals AMD 233,8 billion in January-April 2010May 27, 2010 - 14:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In January-April 2010, RA state budget revenue totaled AMD 233,8 billion; state budget expenditures amounted to AMD 243 billion; which spells respectively 70,5% and 59,1% governmental program performance. Annual program performance results amounted to 32,2% and 28,4% respectively. Compared with last year’s index, state budget revenue grew by 19,6%. At the same time, tax proceeds, state dues and obligatory social payments grew by 20,8%, with other revenue types increasing by 17,7%. Official grants-related proceeds fell by 53,4%. In January-April 2010, AMD 243 billion expenditures were made to comprise 59,1% of first half-year program. Specifically, current expenditures comprised AMD 223,7 billion, with AMD 19,3 billion allocated to non-financial assets-related operations. Compared with January-April 2009, state budget expenditures grew by 11,9%. The growth is caused by non-financial assets and grants-related expenditures, state budget servicing and increase of expenditures on welfare, as well as cutting down and alienation of non-financial assets. During the reporting period, RA state budget deficit comprised AMD 9,3 billion against AMD 79,3 billion stipulated for the first half year and AMD 21,7 billion in January-April 2009. At the same time, AMD 11 billion was attracted from internal sources, and AMD 1,7 billion from external ones. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |