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Sisi discusses FY2018/19 budgeting with Egyptian ministers
Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 20 - 05 - 2018

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed on Saturday the upcoming financial year 018/2019 budgeting with PM Sherif Ismail and a number of officials and Cabinet ministers, who briefed the president on ongoing efforts of their respective ministries, according to a statement by the presidency.
During the meeting, Finance Minister Amr El-Garhy told the president that the government aims for a primary surplus of 2 percent of the GDP, reducing the budget deficit to 8.5 percent of the GDP.
Last March, the Egyptian government approved the budget for financial year 2018/19, which targets a GDP growth rate of 5.8 percent.
The new budget includes investments worth 100 million pounds, up from 70 billion pounds the previous year, to be spent on national projects and public services. The budget has been referred to parliament for a vote.
El-Garhy told the president that the country saw a primary surplus in its first 10 months of financial year 2017/2018, which started in July 2017, for the first time in 15 years.
According to the minister, the surplus of 7 billion pounds, 0.2 percent of the GDP, was achieved due an increase of 35 percent in public revenues, which reached 578 billion pounds.
The increase in public revenues was due to an increase in tax revenues by 45 percent, reaching 471 billion pounds.
Sisi was also briefed on the outcome of the 2017/2018 financial year, which included a reduction of the budget deficit to 9.8 percent of the GDP from 10.9 percent the previous year.
Sisi told the ministers to continue with the "sound implementation" of the country's economic reform programme, stressing the importance of increased spending on sustainable development, health, education, infrastructure and social security.
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker briefed the president on his ministry's efforts to increase the capacity of the national electricity grid to accommodate the increase in consumption over the coming period.
Petroleum Minister Tarek El-Molla briefed Sisi on efforts to boost the energy sector's performance.
Source: Ahram Online


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