Jakarta, Dec 21 (Antara) - The government hopes that state expenditures
through the end of 2013 will reach 96 percent of the allocation set in
the Revised 2013 State Budget of Rp1,726.2 trillion.
"We expect that about 96 percent of the total state expenditure set for
2013 at Rp1,726.2 trillion will be absorbed up through the end of the
year," Finance Minister Chatib Basri said, commenting on the budget
spending for 2013 late last month.
He added that the budget expenditure so far used was the amount that
had been disbursed, not the values of the projects covered by the
budget. "The projects are ongoing, but we only calculate expenditure of
budget that has been disbursed, not the project values," Basri said.
Data at the Ministry of Finance indicated that until November 29, 2013,
state expenditures had only reached Rp1,224 trillion, or 80.3 percent
of the allocation set in the Revised 2013 State Budget, amounting to
Rp1,726.2 trillion.
In the meantime, the collecting of state revenues in the same period
has also reached Rp1,224 trillion, or 81.5 percent of the Revised 2013
State Budget of Rp1,502 trillion.
He further explained that the government's experience in spending last
year's state budget. Budget requests accumulated in the last two months
of the year, reaching Rp300 million, due to the fact that requests for
payments were late and submitted in November and December.
"Last year, a budget of Rp120 trillion was absorbed in October, but
unexpectedly it could reach up to Rp300 million in November and
December," the minister said, explaining that budget spending is always
slow and accumulates at year end.
According to House Speaker Marzuki Alie, the House of Representatives
(DPR) has reviewed the implementation of the 2013 state budget.
He stated that the classical problem in the implementation of the
budget every year was the slow absorption of funds and accelerated
budget spending at the end of the year.
"The expenditure of
ministries and government agencies tends to be slow in the first
semester, but the absorption then accumulates at the end of the year,"
he said.
Alie claimed that this kind of budget absorption occurred not only at
the central government level, but also at the regional level. This
impacts the budget work plan and the national economy.
"This also hinders the efforts to achieve national economic growth,
absorption of workers, and elimination of poverty, which are the targets
of the national economy," the House Speaker stated
Alie said
that the House would also observe the implementation of the 2014 state
budget. The President has handed over the Development Budget Allocation
List (DIPA) 2014 to all ministries, state institutions, and 34 governors
throughout the country.
"Therefore, the House agrees with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's
statement that the 2014 state budget must be implemented on time and
with greater accuracy, accountability, and transparency in order to
achieve its targets," Alie said here on Thursday, while addressing the
closing of the DPR's 2013-2014 Second Sitting Period.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, when handing over the Development
Budget Allocation List for 2014 on Tuesday, appealed to all governors,
ministers and government institution heads to handle state budget funds
in a transparent, accountable and appropriate manner.
"Avoid irregularities," the President cautioned, while handing over the
DIPA to governors, ministers and government institution heads at the
Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday.
The judicious use of state budget funds was one of the keys to
maintaining a high economic growth rate, which would eventually protect
the country's economic fundamentals from the impact of global economic
woes, he added.
"Government expenditure is an important component of our economic
growth amidst uncertainty about the global economy. On the other hand,
the global economy has shown no signs of improvement, which has affected
investment inflows," the President pointed out.
However, the President also asked them to use budget funds without
hesitation to carry out their development and other programs.
"If they have doubts about using the funds, they can hold discussions
with the institutions concerned," he told governors from 34 provinces,
cabinet ministers and heads of government institutions.
He added that they could clear their doubts about using the funds
through discussions with institutions, such as the Development and
Financial Supervision Agency (BPKP). "If you face any problems, find a
solution by consulting with the BPKP and others," he noted.
In the meantime, Finance Minister Chatib Basri said the handing over of
the DIPA for the budgetary year 2014 reflected the common commitment to
implementing the budget on time.
"All institutions could soon implement the work plans decided upon and
based on the DIPA projects and their respective tasks and
responsibility," Basri said.
As quality assurance, the minister said internal control apparatuses of
respective institutions were involved in the drawing up of their 2014
budget so that they had references to carry out a review.
"We do this as part of the efforts to improve the quality of budgetary
planning drawn up by respective institutions to prevent inappropriate
use of funds and to ensure obedience of budget regulations," Minister
Basri said.
Based on the agreement between the government and the DPR, state income
in the 2014 state budget is projected to reach Rp1,667.1 trillion, up
by Rp165 trillion from one year earlier. The state income consists of
taxes worth Rp1,280.4 trillion and non-tax state revenues worth Rp385.4
trillion.
The state income for 2014 is 11 percent higher than that in the Revised
2013 State Budget, which consisted of Rp1,665.8 trillion in domestic
revenues and Rp1.4 trillion in grants.
The
state expenditure for 2014 was set at Rp1,842.5 trillion, up Rp116.3
trillion, or 6.7 percent, from the amount set in the Revised 2013 State
Budget.
With a total state income of Rp1,667.1 trillion and state expenditure
of Rp1,842.5 trillion, the deficit in the 2014 State Budget was set at
Rp175.4 trillion, or 1.69 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The deficit will be covered by domestic financing of Rp196.3 trillion
and with negative external financing of Rp20.9 trillion.
According to Minister Chatib Basri, the parameters for the 2014 state
budget were based on the economic growth forecast of 6 percent, an
inflation rate target of 5.5 percent, the rupiah's exchange rate against
the dollar at Rp10,500, the Indonesian crude price (ICP) of US$105 per
barrel and oil sold at 870,000 barrels per day.***3***
(T.A014/INE/o001)
(EDITED BY INE)
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