The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the draft budget for 2024. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on his Telegram channel.
More than half of the expenditures will go to the defense sector - UAH 1 trillion 685 billion. This is UAH 113 billion more than in 2023, and more than for social security, healthcare, and education combined.
People's deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak announces that the minimum wage will be UAH 7,100 starting January 1, 2024, and UAH 8,000 starting April 1.
The subsistence minimum per person per month will be UAH 2,920 starting January 1.
General fund expenditures will amount to UAH 3 trillion 108 billion. Own revenues of the general fund amount to UAH 1 trillion 560 billion.
UAH 469 billion has been allocated for the social sphere, which is UAH 25 billion more than this year.
UAH 179 billion has been allocated for education, which is UAH 23 billion more than this year.
UAH 202 billion for healthcare, which is UAH 24 billion more than in 2023.
To support veterans - UAH 14.3 billion, which is twice as much as this year.
Separately, Prime Minister Shmyhal said that no tax increases are expected, and that the soft loan program and the program of non-refundable grants will continue.
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The draft state budget for 2024 does not include expenditures for next year's elections, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. The People's Deputy concludes that there will be no elections next year.
He also reminded that when the 2019 elections were held, the CEC budget amounted to UAH 4 billion.
It is worth noting that the budget can be amended throughout the year. Earlier, Zelensky mentioned that one of the conditions for holding the elections was the allocation of $5 billion by Western partners. Therefore, we cannot say for sure that there will be no elections next year.
