The parliament approved the state budget-2022 in the first reading: the main indicators

The corresponding document was supported by 273 people’s deputies. Previously, about 4 thousand edits were made to it.

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On Tuesday, November 2, the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading adopted the draft law on the state budget of Ukraine for 2022. Since the beginning of the consideration, the people’s deputies have made more than 4 thousand amendments to the document. About it informs press service of the Ministry of Finance.

273 people’s deputies voted for the corresponding decision. The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko thanked the parliamentarians for the work done and said that the new budget provides for sufficient funds to finance all the priority needs of the state.

“The draft budget is fully balanced and realistic for implementation, which was confirmed by the IMF as part of the technical mission and in the statement,” Marchenko said.

Main indicators of the State Budget-2022

• the forecast of nominal GDP amounted to UAH 5368.7 billion, its real growth – at the level of 3.8%;
• the consumer price index was 106.2%;
• state budget revenues will increase to UAH 1,267 billion, which is 17.8% more than the actual for 2020;
• state budget expenditures will increase to UAH 1,441.9 billion, which is 11.9% more than the actual for 2020;
• loan repayment – in the amount of UAH 10.28 billion, which is 8% more than actual for 2020;
• provision of loans – in the amount of UAH 23.74 billion, which is 57.9% more than actual for 2020;
• the maximum deficit will amount to UAH 188 billion, which is 13.6% less than the actual ones for 2020.

As for macroeconomic indicators, next year’s draft budget envisages a decrease in the deficit by 3.5%. Average rate dollar rate will be at the level of 28.6 – 28.7 UAH per 1 US dollar.

After the adoption of the bill, the parliament instructed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to prepare the draft State Budget-2022 for the second reading to the Verkhovna Rada within two weeks. The Cabinet was instructed to:

• to establish a new amount of benefits for the birth of a child (50 thousand UAH – for the first, 100 thousand UAH – for the second, 150 thousand UAH – for the third);
• to raise the level of social standards, first of all, the subsistence level and the minimum wage;
• increase in 2022 the share of personal income tax, which is credited to local government budgets;
• ensure the implementation of the presidential decree “On measures to increase the competitiveness of healthcare institutions and provide additional guarantees for medical workers”;
• allocate UAH 4 billion for the implementation of state investment projects;
• to increase expenses for the development of airports by UAH 2 billion;
• to provide for expenditures for the implementation of the Drinking Water of Ukraine program in the amount of UAH 1 billion;
• to provide for the costs of combating COVID-19 during the educational process in general secondary education institutions in the amount of UAH 1 billion.

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Recall that the Verkhovna Rada in the state budget for this year pledged enough money to pay subsidies… The average subsidy in the current heating season will be 2 thousand hryvnia, and the maximum – 5 thousand.

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