Kyiv City Council Adopts Capital Budget for 2024: One Billion UAH Allocated for the Armed Forces
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Kyiv City Council approved the budget for 2024, including funds for military aid, despite legislative restrictions. More than UAH 72.6 billion of revenues and UAH 85.3 billion of expenditures are planned, prioritizing critical infrastructure and support for key sectors such as education and healthcare.
The Kyiv City Council has adopted the capital's budget for the coming year 2024. The budget provides 1 billion UAH for UAH 1 billion is preliminarily allocated in the budget to help the Armed Forces. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City State Administration, UNN reports.
"The state has actually deprived us of the opportunity to help the military by taking away the "military" personal income tax. But we will continue to look for opportunities to add more funds, to direct them from other items to help our defenders as much as we can",
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The KCSA noted that the law does not allows the capital to help units that are not registered on the territory of Kyiv. Also, according to the law, the city cannot purchase equipment or gear the city, by law, cannot purchase equipment or gear. It can only transfer funds at the official request of of the units.
Thus, next year the capital will continue to help military, veterans and their families, families of fallen soldiers under the program support program for defenders. UAH 742 million is allocated for these expenditures.
In total, revenues revenues were planned in the amount of over UAH 72.6 billion, and expenditures - over UAH 85.3 billion.
The budget was planned taking into account the realities and needs of martial law. martial law. The priority was to ensure the operation of critical infrastructure. However. funds will also be allocated for other sectors that need support.
In particular, one of the main areas of funding has traditionally been education - more than UAH 27.2 billion has been allocated for it. More than UAH 23.8 billion was allocated for transportation, road infrastructure and communications was planned for over UAH 23.8 billion. For UAH 8.2 billion will be allocated for housing and communal services, and UAH 7.8 billion UAH. About UAH 6 billion is planned for healthcare.
The employees of these industries are also real heroes. Despite the constant air raids and shelling, everyone in their place continues to do their job: teach, transport passengers, treat and repair critical infrastructure. They are the ones who ensure life of the city, and the city's task is to support them.
Also today, the Kyiv Economic and Social Development Program for 2024-2026.
