City administration proposes 5.8% rise in 1995-96 budget
City administration proposes 5.8% rise in 1995-96 budget
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration proposed to the City
Council a 5.8 percent increase in the city's budget for the
1995/1996 fiscal year to Rp 2.21 trillion (about US$1 billion).
Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said in a plenary session yesterday
that the city budget in the current 1994/95 fiscal year, which
will end next month, amounts to Rp 2.09 trillion.
The governor stated that there are various factors making the
increase necessary, such as the rise in civil servants' salaries
which will increase the city's routine expenses.
Surjadi said for the routine budget the administration plans
to allocate Rp 1.26 trillion, 10.4 percent more than the previous
year's Rp 1.14 trillion.
He explained that the increase is due to the 10 percent
increase in civil servants' salaries. The routine budget will
also cover maintenance and requisitions.
For the development budget the administration plans to
allocate Rp 949.9 billion, an increase of 0.18 percent from the
1995/1994 fiscal year's Rp 948 billion.
Surjadi said the increase is calculated from various revenues
estimated at Rp 2.1 trillion, such as regional revenues,
contributions from the central government, tax sharing and the
balance carried over from last year.
The governor said the city administration estimates that in
the upcoming fiscal year regional revenues will be 22.5 percent
higher than last year's, an increase from Rp 1.16 trillion to Rp
1.42 trillion.
Regional revenues consist of regional taxes estimated to reach
Rp 1.13 trillion, regional fees of Rp 181.45 billion, profits
from city-owned companies worth Rp 34.76 billion, city offices
revenues Rp 6.54 billion and other revenues estimated to reach Rp
61.22 billion.
Surjadi said regional taxes and fees consist of vehicle tax,
vehicle ownership transfer tax, entertainment tax, development
tax, advertisement tax, city planning and development supervision
fees.
"Revenues from regional fees and taxes will be more due to the
increase in taxes, tariff adjustments, the increase of the Gross
National Product, the intensification of tax collection and the
increase of supervision on the imposition of taxes," Surjadi said
as reported by Antara news agency.
The governor said the city administration will return 10
percent (Rp 17.2 billion) of revenues from property taxes to 265
subdistricts in the city for the subdistricts' budgets.
Development
Surjadi said there are 20 sectors included in the development
budget. The city plans to spend Rp 175.99 billion for regional
development and housing relocation sectors, Rp 162.34 billion for
government employees and supervision of taxes, Rp 160.34 billion
for transportation and Rp 139.67 billion for housing.
Trade, development of city-owned companies, city finance and
cooperation will be allotted Rp 53.61 billion, while Rp 53.81
billion will be for education and sports.
The city will allocate Rp 44.96 billion for health, social
welfare, women, children and youth affairs, with Rp 42.86 billion
earmarked for population and family planning affairs.
For the tourism and city telecommunications sectors the
administration will allocate Rp 17.63 billion, for security and
public order Rp 23.28 billion, politics and press Rp 14.45
billion and Rp 14.35 billion for the religious sector.
The water and irrigation sectors will get Rp 13.32 billion,
environment and city planning Rp 8.59 billion, the workforce
sector Rp 5.71 billion, law development Rp 3.75 billion, and Rp
7.89 billion for agriculture and forestry.
The industrial sector will be allocated 2.43 billion, and the
mining and energy sectors Rp 2.45 billion which will be used to
build 175 water catchments and 15-meter deep wells in under-
developed villages. (yns)