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economics

SOCIAL EXPENDITURES OF STATE BUDGET – I-III QUARTERS, 2016

PMCG

In the first three quarters of 2016, compared to the corresponding period of 2015, in the State Budget:

- Total expenditure on social security increased by 10.7% (238.6 mln GEL) and amounts into 2,270 mln GEL, which is 37% of total budget expenditure;

- Expenditure on public pension increased by 11.7% (121.2 mln GEL);

- Expenditure on general social healthcare program increased by 16.1% (68 mln GEL).

In the State Budget of 2017, expenditures on social security will increase by 8.4%.