The Parliament of Moldova adopted in the second reading amendments to the Law on the State Budget for 2021, increasing expenditures and the budget deficit by 532.9 million lei.
The amendments were necessary to implement the previously approved mechanism for compensating the tariffs for electricity used by household consumers during the state of emergency. For these purposes, 532 million 959.2 thousand lei should be allocated from the state budget, therefore, it was decided to increase the expenditure side and the state budget deficit by the indicated amount. In particular, according to the amendments to the Law on the State Budget for 2021, the expenditure part of the state budget of Moldova for 2021 will increase by 532 million 959.2 thousand lei (+ 1%) - from 56 billion 008 million 134.7 thousand to 56 billion 541 million 093.9 thousand lei, and the state budget deficit - also by 532 million 959.2 thousand lei (+ 3.7%) - from 14 billion 592 million 734.7 thousand to 15 billion 125 million 693.9 thousand lei. The changes also stipulate an increase in the amount intended to finance the budget from the placement of government securities by the end of 2021 by 532 million 959.2 thousand lei - from 7 billion 358.5 million to 7 billion 891.5 million lei. // 23.04.2021 — InfoMarket
