Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Thembi Nkadimeng says South Africa's population has grown faster than the government’s budget.
The government has cut its target on food distribution, which supports poor and low-income people, by 5 per cent to 30.95 lakh tonnes in the next fiscal year from the revised budget of 2021-22, finance ministry documents showed.
Bangladesh National Budget 2022-23: This is truly an exceptional emergency and the budget for fiscal 2022-23 coincidentally, closes a few months before the next national election.
The government yesterday allocated more than one-fourth of the total development budget for the fiscal year of 2022-23 to 10 mega projects on the fast-track list with a view to accelerating their completion.
The government should increase per capita allowance under its social safety net programmes (SSNPs), particularly for the elderly, widows, disabled and marginalised women, considering the high-level food inflation and the rising cost of living, said an economist.