Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Deputy Ki Kwang Ho, minister of Finance,
made a report on the review of the fulfillment of the state budget of
the DPRK for Juche 103 (2014) and the state budget for Juche 104 (2015)
at the Third Session of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly on Thursday.
According to the report, the plan of state budgetary revenue for
last year was over-fulfilled 1.6 percent, 6 percent increase over the
previous year.
The local plan for budgetary revenue was carried out at 122.2
percent and the plan for state budgetary expenditure at 99.9 percent.
46.7 percent of the total budget was spent for the development of the national economy.
37.2 percent of the total state budgetary expenditure was spent for
the cultural field including education, public health, sports and
literature and art.
15.9 percent of total expenditure was directed to national defence.
The state budgetary revenue and expenditure for this year have been
shaped in such a way as to bolster up the capabilities for self-defence
and effect a turn in building a socialist economic power and a highly
civilized nation by giving definite precedence to science and
technology.
The state budgetary revenue will grow 3.7 percent over last year;
transaction revenue is expected to swell 2. 6 percent, revenue from the
profits of state enterprises 4.3 percent, revenue from the profits of
cooperative organizations 3. 2 percent, real estate rent 0.7 percent,
social insurance fee 2.8 percent, revenue from sale of properties and
price differential 1.4 percent, revenue from other sources 0.8 percent
and revenue from economic trade zones 3.6 percent.
The national budgetary revenue will account for 79 percent and the
local budgetary revenue 21 percent of the state budgetary revenue.
Provinces, cities and counties are expected to ensure expenditure with
the revenue from local sources and provide profits to the national
budget.
The national budgetary expenditure is expected to grow 5.5 percent
over last year for focusing investment in augmenting the national power,
developing science and technology and undertaking the projects for
fulfilling the grandiose plan of the party so as to financially
guarantee the general advance for greeting the grand October festival
with labor achievements.
15.9 percent of total expenditure will be spent for national defence.
The allocation of funds for the field of science and technology is expected to go up 5 percent.
4.2 percent more financial disbursement will be made for the
agricultural field, 6.8 percent more for the fisheries field, 5.1
percent more for the industrial field including light industry and
vanguard fields of the national economy, 8.7 percent more for capital
construction and 9.6 percent for the forestry field to shore up the
national economy as a whole, bring about a turn in improving the
people's living standard and wage a dynamic drive for the building of
monumental edifices and reforestation.
Expenditure for education goes up 6.3 percent, that for public
health 4.1 percent, that for sports 6.9 percent and that for culture 6.2
percent so as to provide a financial guarantee for the drive for
bringing about a turn in building a highly civilized socialist state.
A large amount of funds will be sent as educational aid fund and
stipends for the children of Koreans in Japan this year, too.
The reporter stressed that the Korean people faced with huge tasks
this year but the DPRK is sure to emerge victorious as there are the
tested and seasoned leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea,
invincible revolutionary spirit and fighting spirit and the army and
people full of revolutionary and patriotic enthusiasm. -0-
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