Appropriation Bill, 2024 |02 November 2023
A budget of more than R10.6 billion proposed for 2024
A sum of ten billion, six hundred and forty million, six hundred and twenty-eight thousand nine hundred and sixty six (R10,640,628,966) rupees is being budgeted for the year 2024.
Finance, National Planning & Trade Minister Naadir Hassan is authorising the sum to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund for the services and expenditure of the republic for the year 2024. He will be in the National Assembly tomorrow to present the national budget for next year.
The Appropriation Bill, 2024 which seeks to provide for the payment of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund required by the Budget for the year 2024 was published on October 25, 2023.
The Ministry of Education will receive the highest appropriation, with a sum of R1,334,779. The second appropriation is Benefits and Approved Programme of the Agency for Social Protection, with a sum of R1,252,000, while the Health Care Agency is receiving a budget of R1,203,260.
The 2023 budget was R10,495,149,665, while that for 2022 was R10,091,651,146 and for the year 2021 it was R11,013,648,296.
Allocation of Authorised Expenditure R’000
Office of the President 74,002
Department of Legal Affairs 64,750
Department of Defence 369,020
Public Service Bureau 42,296
Department of Information Communication Technologies 78,928
The Judiciary 97,662
The Legislature 54,899
Office of the Auditor General 21,846
Office of the Ombudsman 4,424
Office of the Public Service Appeals Board 1,169
The Curatelle Office 5,638
Constitutional Appointments Authority 2,169
Electoral Commission 19,316
Ministry of Fisheries 56,046
Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade 232,415
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism 353,794
Ministry of Internal Affairs 672,607
Ministry of Education 1,348,779
Ministry of Lands and Housing 406,756
Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs 151,506
Ministry of Health 121,542
Ministry of Transport 246,075
Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs 100,304
Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment 213,607
Ministry of Youth, Sports and Family 46,807
Ministry of Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry 37,182
Office of the Mayor of Victoria 3,928
Institute of Early Childhood Development 41,432
Seychelles Licensing Authority 26,670
Fair Trading Commission 16,715
National Bureau of Statistics 20,370
Seychelles Revenue Commission 205,481
National Tender Board 4,285
Tax and Customs Agent Board and Revenue Tribunal 3,261
Seychelles Investment Board 10,377
Public Enterprise Monitoring Commission 10,715
Government Audit Committee 868
Financial Intelligence Unit 29,862
Seychelles Bureau of Standards 28,501
Seychelles Qualifications Authority 8,176
Planning Authority 19,624
Seychelles Energy Commission 20,792
Seychelles Human Rights Commission 8,950
Seychelles Media Commission 2,753
Public Health Authority 83,409
Industrial Estates Authority 57,469
Seychelles Nurses and Midwives Council 1,421
Health Professional Council 1,418
Seychelles Medical and Dental Council 1,253
Anti-Corruption Commission 75,719
Seychelles Maritime Safety Administration 14,116
Seychelles Meteorological Authority 17,484
Seychelles Intelligence Service 20,646
Information Commission 3,529
Seychelles Communication Regulatory Authority 11,046
Seychelles Law Commission 5,048
Seychelles Infrastructure Agency 151,917
Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency 89,223
Seychelles Land Transport Agency 225,124
Enterprise Seychelles Agency 11,613
Agency for Social Protection 29,304
Landscape and Waste Management Agency 287,775
Seychelles National Youth Council 22,376
Health Care Agency 1,203,260
National Council for Children 15,127
National Sports Council 117,414
Social Workers Council 760
Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation 104,846
Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage 147,002
and the Arts
Home Care Agency 322,441
Other Wages and Salaries 384,549
Other Goods and Services 29,418
Social Programmes of Central Government 285,235
Subvention to Public Enterprises 48,958
Benefits and Approved Programmes of Agency for 1,252,000
Social Protection
Others 3,242
Net Lending 128,569
Development Grants to Public Enterprises 103,423
Contingency 88,200
Tax Exemption 10,000
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GRAND TOTAL 10,640,628.966