R9.2 billion budget proposed for 2020 |24 October 2019
A sum not exceeding nine billion two hundred and ninety two million, eighty eight thousand two hundred and sixty two rupees (R9,292,088.262) is the amount the Minister for Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning, Maurice Loustau-Lalanne is authorising to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund for the services and expenditure of the republic for the year 2020.
Approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, the 2019 budget appropriation of R9,292,088.262 was published as a supplement to the Official Gazette dated Thursday October 17, 2019.
Later this month, Minister Loustau-Lalanne is expected to introduce and request the National Assembly’s approval of the Appropriation Bill, 2020.
This is the third time after 2018 and 2019 that the appropriation bill is published in late October and not in December as was usually the case.
Members of the National Assembly will have the possibility to call to parliament ministers, principal secretaries and chief executives to be questioned on their respective expenditures.
The following is the table of allocation of authorised expenditure as proposed in the Appropriation Bill 2020:
Allocation of authorised expenditure R’000
Office of the President 74,884
Office of the Designated Minister 10,391
Department of Legal Affairs 140,318
Department of Defence 330,909
Department of Public Administration 22,347
Department of Information Communications and Technology 61,323
Department of the Blue Economy 81,208
Department of Information 4,575
Department of Risk and Disaster Management 9,862
The Judiciary 102,033
The Legislature 43,012
Office of the Auditor General 21,262
Office of the Ombudsman 3,768
Office of the Public Service Appeals Board 1,230
Constitutional Appointments Authority 2,064
Electoral Commission 8,881
Ministry of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning 150,017
Department of Foreign Affairs 115,662
Department of Police 526,773
Department of Prison 84,990
Regional Maritime Security Bodies 9,061
Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture 15,276
Ministry of Education and Human
Resource Development 944,281
Ministry of Habitat, Infrastructure and Land Transport 185,103
Ministry of Local Government 153,853
Ministry of Health 48,012
Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine 60,646
Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status 89,936
Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change 99,040
Department of Youth, Sport 9,228
Department of Culture 93,468
Ministry of Family Affairs 73,843
Department of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development 4,490
Office of the Mayor of Victoria 4,469
Institute of Early Childhood Development 16,983
Seychelles Licensing Authority 18,062
Fair Trading Commission 14,938
National Bureau of Statistics 22,471
Seychelles Revenue Commission 145,913
Procurement Oversight Unit 13,761
National Tender Board 4,091
Tax and Customs Agent Board Revenue Tribunal 1,627
Seychelles Investment Board 9,735
Public Enterprise Monitoring Commission 8,281
Government Audit Committee 1,107
Financial Intelligence Unit 27,405
Seychelles Bureau of Standards 24,441
Seychelles Qualifications Authority 7,874
Tertiary Education Commission 3,720
Seychelles Planning Authority 19,772
Seychelles Energy Commission 6,859
Public Officers’ Ethics Commission 3,015
Seychelles Human Rights Commission 6,654
Seychelles Media Commission 2,986
Health Care Agency 1,002,381
Public Health Authority 59,078
Industrial Estates Authority 12,188
Seychelles Nurses and Midwives Council 1,743
Anti-Corruption Commission 19,045
Road Transport Commission 13,409
Seychelles Maritime Safety Administration 12,299
Seychelles Meteorological Authority 16,588
Seychelles Intelligence Service 13,358
Information Commission 3,764
The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission 12,109
Seychelles Tourism Board 145,182
National Institute of Technology, Science and Innovation 9,342
Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency 71,805
Seychelles Land Transport Agency 211,162
Seychelles Agricultural Agency 65,555
Enterprise Seychelles Agency 12,502
Agency for Social Protection 40,804
Agency for National Human Resources Development 205,189
Landscape and Waste Management Agency 242,594
Seychelles National Youth Council 28,198
National Aids Council 5,295
National Council for Children 14,810
National Council for the Elderly 11,509
National Council for the Disabled 5,656
National Sports Council 77,736
Social Workers Council 1,011
National Arts Council 8,865
National Botanical Gardens Trusts Foundation 14,159
Creative Industry and National Events Agency 28,799
Creole Institute of Seychelles 10,988
Seychelles Heritage Foundation 11,562
Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation 261,767
National Biodiversity Agency 30,764
Agency for Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation 73,233
Other Wages and Salaries 248,176
Other Goods and Services 130,542
Social Programmes of Government 175,344
Subvention to Public Enterprises 159,078
Benefits and Approved Programmes of Agency for Social Protection 1,457,787
Others 34,936
Net Lending 176,410
Development Grants to Public Enterprises 144,453
Contingency 45,000
Tax Exemption 20,000
GRAND TOTAL 9,292,088.262