BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 9. Changes have
been made to next year's budget draft, and a number of expenses are
being raised in Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Committee on Economic
Policy, Industry, and Entrepreneurship of the Parliament Azer
Amiraslanov said during the discussion of the draft law "On the
State Budget of Azerbaijan for 2026" in the third reading at
today's plenary session of the parliament, Trend reports.
According to him, it is proposed to implement modifications to
the preliminary legislation concerning the fiscal plan for 2026 in
order to address the emergent financial exigencies that have
surfaced.
The MP noted that the overall parameters of the budget remain
unchanged. These changes, on one hand, take into account the
requirements of the budget rules, and on the other hand, are
planned within the framework of the revenues and expenditures of
next year’s state budget and the consolidated budget.
“It's proposed to additionally increase certain items under
defense and national security and law enforcement expenditures by
47.8 million manat ($27.5 million). Within the framework of food
and nutrition security, an additional three million manat ($1.7
million) is planned to be allocated for vaccination against
infectious diseases and epizootics among animals. There is also a
need for 1.2 million manat ($0.7 million) to further improve the
organization and material-technical support of some state agencies.
These listed expenditures, totaling 52 million manat ($30 million),
will be covered from the corresponding reserves of the state
budget,” Amiraslanov added.
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