YEREVAN, JULY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The expenditures of the RA state budget amounted to 279.2bn drams in January-May 2009, including expenditures of 4.6bn drams at the expense of off-budget resources of state institutions. In particular, current expenses made 262.2bn drams, transactions with financial assets - 17bn drams. State budgetary expenditures grew by 5.3% or 13.9bn drams on the same period of 2008. This growth was conditioned by an increase in current expenses, particularly in pensions, salaries, benefits, expenses on the purchase of services, and subsidies for equalization of community budgets. Current expenses amounted to 262.2bn drams in the reporting period, ensuring a 76.9% fulfilment of the six-month program. Out of this amount, 25.1bn drams was allocated for the payment of salaries of employees of the state institutions, and 1.8bn drams was allocated for compulsory social security payments. These expenses grew by 19.2% and 4.5% respectively on the same period of 2008. According to the press service of RA Ministry of Finance, 53.1bn drams was allocated from the state budget for the purchase of goods and services, which exceeded the same index of 2008 by 13.2% and ensured a 74.1% fulfilment of the program for the first half of 2009.

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