
" These revenues will be distributed in those sectors that have a high impact on social life and in those sectors that contribute more to the economic development of the country ," declared on August 28, the Minister of Finance, Petrit Malaj.
From this decision taken at the last meeting of the government as a result of the good performance of the income in the state budget, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development would also benefit in a fund of 500 million ALL.
But the normative act published in the official notebook shows a further reduction of the budget of this institution.
With the fund declared by the Minister of Finance, Petrit Malaj, the budget for agriculture would reach 14.7 billion ALL from 14.2 billion ALL in the initial budget.
But according to the new budget tables published, it turns out that the total fund for the Ministry of Agriculture reaches 13.9 billion ALL, from 14.2 billion ALL that was in the changes made in normative act number 1.
Support to farmers has the biggest cut in funding. In the item, the funds for the "Rural Development supporting agricultural producers" program amount to 6.8 billion ALL from 7.2 billion in normative act number 1.
There is also a decrease in items such as food security and consumer protection, agricultural land management, management planning and administration, but support for fishing. While management of the drainage and irrigation infrastructure has grown.
In 2023, the budget for agriculture reached 15.6 billion ALL. 1.7 billion ALL more than in the current budget after the recent changes./ A2CNN
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