The Jakarta provincial budget increases 20.84 percent or Rp8.6 trillion this year from Rp41.3 trillion last year.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Jakarta legislative assembly approved on Monday the capital city`s budget at Rp49.9 trillion for this year.
"The Jakarta provincial budget increases 20.84 percent or Rp8.6 trillion this year from Rp41.3 trillion last year," deputy chief of the Jakarta legislative assembly Lulung Lunggana said.
The sources of the 2013 provincial budget will originate from regional income, unspent budget in 2012 and program loans for the Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative (JEDI), he said.
"This time regional income reaches Rp41.5 trillion, unspent budget Rp8.4 trillion and loans for the JEDI program Rp110 billion," he said.
The budget will be used for regional expenditure, either direct or indirect, which is projected to reach Rp45.5 trillion, he said.
"The remaining Rp4.4 trillion constitutes financing expenditure consisting of principal tax debts worth Rp58.19 billion and local government equities worth Rp4.34 trillion," he said.
He said budget allocations for the transportation sector this year reach Rp3.3 trillion, the health sector Rp4.1 trillion, the public works sector Rp4.9 trillion, the government sector Rp7.9 trillion and the education sector Rp12.6 trillion.
The 2012 unspent budget will be used among others to rejuvenate water pumps and normalize the Pluit dam, he said.
He said the Jakarta legislative council will always control the use of the 2013 budget fund to cut unspent budget.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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