The draft budget made public previously, on January 23, by the Finance Ministry, shows an increase of the Agriculture Ministry’s budget by 83.4%, to RON17.337 billion in 2017.
The latest version of the draft budget points to an increase of 7.72% in staff costs, to RON602.34 million in 2017, from nearly RON559 million allocated in 2016.
The budget for goods and services will be 2% lower (RON114.3 million in 2016 and RON112 million in 2017).
The amounts allocated to the projects getting non-reimbursable external financing for the financial framework 2014-2020 will be raised by 137% to RON13.47 billion in 2017, from RON5.68 billion in 2016.