BUDGET DISBURSEMENT UP 2.5% IN FIRST 8 MONTHS 

THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017
BUDGET DISBURSEMENT UP 2.5% IN FIRST 8 MONTHS 

The government’s budget disbursement edged up 2.5 per cent year on year to Bt2.03 trillion for the first eight months of fiscal 2017 starting last October. 

Krisda Chinavicharana, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office and spokesman for the Finance Ministry, said that in particular, investment expenditures climbed 8.1 per cent.
In the period, government revenue totalled Bt1.4 trillion, of which Bt404.38 billion was applied to the budget deficit. As a result, the treasury balance was Bt231.64 billion at the end of last month.