Tag "Afghanistan budget"
Back to homepage
Afghan Finance Minister briefs Lower House on national revenue
Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi and Deputy Finance Minister Karim Baz provided information on the national revenue and other activities and achievements of the ministry to the Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of the parliament. Hakimi highlighted the achievements
Read More
Afghanistan’s 2017 budget ranked 2nd most transparent in the region
Afghanistan’s 2017 budget received a score of 49 out of 100 in the Open Budget Index survey, making it the second most transparent in the region. The Open Budget Index survey assesses the availability of eight key budget documents in
Read More
17bn AFN increase in development funds in Afghanistan’s 2018 budget
The lower of the Afghan parliament, Wolesi Jirga, approved the national budget for 2018 on Wednesday after rejecting it the first time on December 16 for lack of “balance” among provinces. The lower house had proposed 267.2 billion Afghanis in
Read More
Afghan government approves fiscal budget for year 1397
The 1397 fiscal year budget was approved in principle during a meeting of the cabinet of ministers under the chairmanship of President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. The budget consists of 357,691,493,000 Afghanis for the development and ordinary expenditures of the government
Read More
Afghan parliament approves draft budget for 1396 fiscal year
The Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, approved the draft budget for the fiscal year 1396 on Monday. The budget was rejected by the lawmakers when it was first submitted in December, 2016 due to “imbalance” in development and
Read More
Afghanistan’s 2016 budget focuses on mega development projects
Afghanistan’s 2016 draft budget has been approved by the upper house f the parliament, the Meshrano Jirga, and is currently pending for approval at the lower house, the Wolesi Jirga, where the plan is being debated by lawmakers and various
Read More
Afghan Finance Ministry waiting for budget approval
The Afghan Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials have called on the lawmakers to assess and approve the budget before the end of the fiscal year. This comes as only 24 days are left for the House of Representatives and the
Read More
Decline in aid causes deficit in Afghanistan’s development budget
Afghan Ministry of Finance has expressed concerns over the decline in aid from donor countries. The inflow of aid has slowed down lately due to the prolonged election process and uncertainty about Afghanistan’s political instability. Spokesperson for the Finance Minister,
Read More
The state of Afghanistan’s national finances
Many reports have been circulating during the last few days about the state of public finance in Afghanistan. Based on empirical guesses of incomplete information, these reports contribute to the uncertainty of the political landscape in Afghanistan. To provide a
Read More
Menial budget allocated for Afghan Football Federation for 2014
Despite the tremendous achievements of Afghanistan’s national football team, the Ministry of Finance has slashed the budget for the Afghan Football Federation (AFF) for 2014. Finance Ministry has earmarked a total of USD 700,000 to the AFF with no additional
Read More
Kandahar Province does not receive development budget
Kandahar officials claimed that they did not receive their development budget of USD 35mn allocated for the current fiscal year. They criticized their government for their failure in providing funds. “”The progress we have made in Kandahar province are because
Read More
70 MPs agree to summon ministers
Seventy members of the Lower House of the Parliament or the Wlesi Jirga signed papers on Saturday for summoning nearly a dozen ministers for under-spending development funds for 2011. The annual accounts of the ministries were discussed by 18 parliamentary
Read More
Finance Ministry to amend the draft budget after rejection from the Parliament
According to spokesman Wahid Tawhidi, the Ministry of Finance is working to amend the draft budget that was rejected by the House of Representatives last week. “We are working on the budget and will see if we can make more
Read More
House of Representatives rejects the draft budget
The Wolesi Jirga or the House of the Representatives rejected the draft budget amid complaints that the approval process was always inordinately delayed, creating hurdles to optimum utilization of funds. After the Senate’s approval of the budget, Finance Minister Omar
Read More
Proposed budget presented to the House of Representatives
After the Senate’s approval of the budget, Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal presented the draft budget for the next fiscal year, beginning on 21 December, to Wolesi Jirga or the House of the Representatives. Minister Zakhilwal explained that 70% of the
Read More
House of Representatives rejects the proposed development budget for next year
Reduction in the development budget has been a major issue for implementation of development projects in the country. Some of the House Representatives rejected the budget proposed to them on Wednesday and said the reason for reduction in the development
Read MoreMunicipality doubles budget for Mazar uplift
The municipality department in northern Balkh province plans to double development funds for Mazar-i-Sharif this year, the mayor said on Tuesday. Twenty-five development projects would be implemented this fiscal year in the provincial capital, said Mayor Yunus Muqeem He said
Read MoreGovernment Revenue went up by 28%
Ministry of Finance officials have reported an increase of 28% in the government revenue for the financial year 1390. Mr. Aziz Shams, spokesperson to the Ministry of Finance, said that the revenues from 1390 have reached 98 billion Afs compared
Read MoreReasons for budget rejection yet to be addressed: MPs
Members of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Parliament, on Saturday said changes to the proposed annual budget did not address the basic reasons for its rejection. On March 18, the assembly rejected the budget due to uneven allocations
Read More1391 Budget Plan Should be More in Favor of Higher Education, urges Afghan Parliament
Many Parliamentary members recommended reducing the budget allocated for the president office but rather increasing the budget allocated for higher education. Today’s plenary meeting discussed the draft of law on structure and authorization of judicial organ and the 1391 budget
Read MoreFinance ministry to bring changes to budget
The finance ministry on Sunday promised bringing changes to the annual budget, hours after its rejection by an overwhelming majority of Wolesi Jirga, lower house, members. The national assembly refused to endorse the proposed accounts due to uneven allocations to
Read More