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politics

DURING HIS VISIT TO DAVOS, GEORGIAN PREMIER MET WITH IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR

Today, during his visit to Davos (where the World Economic Forum is taking place), Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.

As administration of Georgian government said, the parties discussed investment environment in Georgia, ongoing economic processes in the country and measures, planned by the Georgian government.

economics

IN Q1, STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION MADE UP 99.3% OF THE PLAN

Georgian State Treasury reported that in the 1^st quarter, the state budget’s actual expenditures for social protection totaled to 1.14 billion lari.

This corresponds to 99.3% of the plan and makes up 28.6% of total budget expenditures, the Treasury specified.




IN Q1, STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY MADE UP 93.6% OF THE PLAN

Georgian State Treasury reported that in the 1^st quarter, the state budget’s actual expenditures for economic activity totaled to 626.84 million lari. As the Treasury noted, this corresponds to 93.6% of the plan.




IN Q1, STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES ON HEALTHCARE SECTOR MADE UP 97.5% OF THE PLAN

Georgian State Treasury reported that in the 1^st quarter, the state budget’s actual expenditures for healthcare totaled to 543.3 million lari.

This corresponds to 97.5% of the plan and makes up 13.6% of total budget expenditures, the Treasury specified.




IN Q1, STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION MADE UP 99.5% OF THE PLAN

Georgian State Treasury reported that in the 1^st quarter, the state budget’s actual expenditures for education totaled to 432.8 million lari.

This corresponds to 99.5% of the plan and makes up 10.9% of total budget expenditures, the Treasury specified.




IN Q1, STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES ON DEFENSE MADE UP 95.8% OF THE PLAN

Georgian State Treasury reported that in the 1^st quarter, the state budget’s actual expenditures for defense totaled to 359.23 million lari.

This corresponds to 95.8% of the plan and makes up 9% of total budget expenditures, the Treasury specified.




IN Q1, STATE TREASURY BALANCE ACCOUNT INCREASED BY 63.5%

Georgian State Treasury reported that as of April 1, balance of the state budget funds on the Treasury account amounted to 1.44 billion lari.

In the 1^st quarter, accumulation on the account made up 559.73 million lari, the Treasury said.




IN 2021, NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS IN RTGS SYSTEM INCREASED BY 22%, THEIR VOLUME – BY 19%

National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported that in 2021, Georgia’s Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system served 34.7 million transactions, which number has increased by 22% compared with 2020.

Volume of these transactions totaled to 318 billion lari, increasing by 19% year-on-year, NBG specified.