DUSHANBE, November 18, 2014, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament is expected to discuss a draft national budget for 2015 at tomorrow’ sitting.
Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, says parliamentarians will also discuss a draft external borrowing program designed for 2015-2017 and a draft money policy forecast for 2015.
The revenue part of the national budget for 2015 is projected to stand at 15.278 billion somoni, which is 1.377 billion somoni or 10 percent more than more than the indicators of the national budget for 2014.
Social spending will account for more than 50 of budget allocations, which is reportedly 17 percent more than this year.
The budget projects to spend 400 million somoni to raise rates of wages, pensions and student grants, the website reports.
In 2015, Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to stand at more than 52.8 billion somoni and inflation is expected to stand at 7.5 percent.
