The cabinet has approved 53.9 billion afghanis budget for the last three months of this solar year, with only 4.7 billion afghanis going to development activities. On Tuesday, the cabinet decided that the fiscal year will start from…
The Wolesi Jirga on Monday said no changes had been made in the third revised draft budget plan and they would not approve the accounts until salaries of government workers were equalized and the removed projects included in…
Construction of the second part of the Qaisar-Laman road has been included in the next year’s budget plan and the Asian Development Bank has renewed its pledge to finance the project, officials said Sunday. According to the Ministry…
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Thursday said it was still working on a third draft of 1400 fiscal year’s budget plan which would be referred to the Wolesi Jirga or lower house next week. The Wolesi Jirga…
Some lawmakers including Wolesi Jirga speaker have held the next fiscal year’s budget plan hostage seeking to remove fund allocations for fuel supplies to the ministries of interior and defense and award their contracts to some specific companies,…
The Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday asked the government to evaluate spending from Code-91 and warned of postponing budget approval for ministries led by acting officials. According to a report of Etlaat-i-Roz, an Afghan newspaper, a number of government…
KABUL’s budget plan regarding dealing with the coronavirus, citing lack of transparency in spending of international aid on the pandemic. Finance and Budget Commission of Wolesi Jirga presented the draft amendment in the budget plan to the house’s general session…
President Ashraf Ghani has ordered preparations for dealing with any emergency situation, hinting at changes in the budget in case of need. All available resources would be used to battle the coronavirus, he said at a video conference…
A number of residents of western Ghor province on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against ‘unbalanced budget” for next fiscal year. The protestors, including residents and provincial council members, claimed that balance for basic development had not been…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show budgetary units in eastern Nangarhar province spent only half of their budget on average during the last three years, with the unspent funds returning to Kabul. The findings show ministers shifted the budget…
KABUL or Senate on Sunday called the next year’s budget draft as ‘unbalanced’ and the Ministry of Finance replied by saying that unidentified population of provinces and some projects implementation with some MPs demand led to the lack of balance.…
People and officials say the population of southern Kandahar is above three million people, but the province’s share in the national budget is allocated based on statistics from ages ago. Civil society activist in Kandahar city, Abdul…
KABUL or lower house of the Parliament on Monday approved the national budget for fiscal year 1398 with a total outlay of 399 billion afghanis, including 124b afghanis for development. The budget plan for Afghan solar year 1398 includes 275…
KABUL or Senate on Sunday approved the draft national budget for 1398 fiscal year by making some suggestions. Afghanistan’s fiscal year begins on December 22. The Meshrano Jirga, which received the proposed budget on November 11, will send the document…
Some lawmakers on Monday rejected a revised version of the draft national budget for the ongoing fiscal year, saying imbalance in projects among provinces remained unaddressed. The lower house or Wolesi Jirga members said some provinces had been…
KABUL on Thursday asked the government to remove eight budgetary unit heads and decided to summon 22 units’ officials and introduce 19 heads to judicial organs following the 1395 Fiscal Year expenditure report. The statistics presented by the lower house…
KABUL members on Saturday criticized the next year’s budget draft, saying some projects in the recommendations could not be implemented in insecure areas of the country. The next year’s budget draft is 357.6 billion afghanis, one billion dollars less than…
KABUL 1395 amid some violations in budget spending and zeroing spending on nearly 23 percent projects, an audit report released on Sunday said. The audit report from the Supreme Audit Office was released by the commission concerned at a ceremony…
Public representatives from southern Kandahar province on Sunday complained development budget, lower than funds for other provinces, was not released in time. On the other hand, the Kandahar Revenue Department says the main problem lies with some…
KABUL or upper house of parliament. According to MoF, the budget for next fiscal year has been increased by 21 billion afghanis compared to the ongoing year. Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi, while presenting the draft to the upper house, said…
