6 Ministries allocated more funds from 2015 state budget

The budget for six Governmental departments – The Ministry of Defence, Internal Affairs, Sport and Youth Affairs, Infrastructure and Regional Development, Education and Science and Justice – will be higher in 2015 than originally stated in the first draft of next year’s state budget.

On the other hand, two other Ministries – Energy and Agriculture – will have their funding slashed. Funding will remain the same for seven other Governmental departments as it was initially outlined in the draft budget.

See below how the Government planned to allocate funding to each Ministry in 2015:

• Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure

2015: 1 billion GEL [45 million GEL more than noted in the first draft]

2014: 875 million GEL

• Ministry of Education and Science

2015: 853.9 million GEL [25 million GEL more]

2014: 754.3 million

• Ministry of Defence

2015: 640 million GEL [15 million GEL more]

2014: 660 million GEL

• Ministry of Internal Affairs

2015: 615 million GEL [15 million GEL more]

2014: 570 million GEL

• Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs

2015: 70 million GEL [15 million GEL more]

2014: 55 million GEL

• Ministry of Justice

2015: 68.5million GEL [3.5 million GEL more]

2014: 60.5 million GEL

• Ministry of Energy

2015: 125 million GEL [10 million GEL more]

2014: 114.6 million GEL

• Ministry of Agriculture

2015: 230 million GEL [61 million GEL more]

2014: 265.5 million GEL

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection

2015: 2.75 billion GEL

2014: 2.65 billion GEL

• Prison System Ministry

2015: 155 million GEL

2014: 157 million GEL

• Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

2015: 120 million GEL

2014: same

• Finance Ministry

2015: 100 million GEL

2014: same

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2015: 100 million GEL

2014: 90 million GEL

• Ministry of IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees

2015: 60 million GEL

2014: 48 million GEL

• Ministry of Environment Protection

2015: 35 million GEL

2014: 31 million GEL

• State Ministry for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration

2015: 2.8 million GEL

2014: same

• State Ministry for Reintegration

2015: 1.3 million GEL

2014: same

• State Ministry for Diaspora Issues

2015: 90 million GEL

2014: same