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Plans will be presented to the Seimas on Thursday.
The improved state budget project estimates its revenue at $ 11.25 billion. 132.82 million euros. EUR or 1.17%. less than expected by the previous government.
Appropriations for 2021 amount to EUR 15.8 billion. 335.33 million euros. EUR or 2.16%. more than previously planned.
Consequently, the budget deficit for next year should be 4,570 million. 468.15 million euros. or 11.4 percent. more than indicated in the AP.
“After the review, government spending has increased by around $ 1,237 billion. Of which 934 billion euros. EUR to manage the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Additional anticipated expenses are anticipated for the implementation of the measures. of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Economy and Innovation and the Ministry of Social Security and Labor.
Of the previous 934 million. more than half of the funds, that is, 480 million. It is intended to provide € 1 billion for SADM, sickness benefits, downtime benefits, freelance benefits and job seekers.
EIM has a budget of 230 million euros. It will be used for grants, soft loans, partial interest compensation, and other business support for businesses affected by Covid-19.
It is planned to allocate 145 million. euros, which will be used for the purchase of the Covid-19 vaccine, the purchase of treatment and medical equipment, laboratory research ”, – Finance Minister Gintarė Skaistė spoke at the meeting.
He added that another 176 million have been earmarked for the government reserve. for the different institutions involved in the fight against the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The rest of the projected additional costs amount to about 303 million. Of which about 95 million. 89 million euros are foreseen for the additional indexation of pensions, PSDF expenses are reimbursed through the allocation of 89 million euros. They are intended to reimburse medicines and medical premiums. Funds are also allocated to increase the salaries of officials, “said G. Skaistė.
Gintarė Skaistė, Ingrida Šimonytė
Sodra’s improved budget project is expected to have $ 5.13 billion. 4.99 billion euros in revenue. 136.24 million euros. EUR surplus.
Compared to the project presented by the previous government, Sodra’s income should be 104.15 million. EUR or 2.07%. higher and expenses – 18.1 million. EUR or 0.36%. less. Consequently, Sodra’s budget surplus should increase by LTL 122.25 million. euros.
The budget for the mandatory health insurance fund must be kept in balance. However, the improved project foresees 2.48 billion euros in income and expenses. 107.18 million euros. EUR or 4.52%. more than suggested by the previous government.
According to the SNB, the deficit of public administrations in 2021 will be 7%. Gross domestic product (GDP): 2.1 points more than expected.
EU support funds and other international funds in the state budget are reduced by 841.4 million. of which 812.8 million euros Loans have been temporarily reduced by 1 million euros pending the approval of the European Commission for the measures of the Future Economic DNA Plan.
“We have no revenue from RRF (Recovery and Resilience Facility). It was planned as revenue. We are collecting it with revenue and expenses, because first of all, what will we have to do after this fuss is over with the budget and budget approval at Seimas it will be planning how to make the best use of the recovery fund.
We will then provide a budget adjustment when planning those investment projects. Because we cannot and cannot, ”Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said at the meeting.
Provides more for pensions
Compared to the project drawn up by the previous government, Sodra should receive 1.53 percent in 2021. plus state contributions to social security from the insured, 1.76 percent. plus state insurance contributions to social security, 2.46%. plus state contributions to the social security of the self-employed, 2.54 percent. plus appropriations from the state budget and 0.03%. plus other operating income.
At that time, 2.54% goes to social pension insurance. more, for the social insurance of disease: 24.17 percent. less, for maternity social insurance – 1.27 percent. plus, for unemployment insurance benefits: 1.83 percent. less, social insurance for accidents at work and occupational diseases: 2.9 percent. Less.
As stated in the explanatory memorandum of the Sodra draft budget, it does not take into account the increase in sickness benefits (about € 120 million) due to the pandemic, as they will be financed from the budget reserve fund state.
The average number of retirees in 2021 is expected to be 611.5 thousand, that is, due to the increase in the retirement age, it will decrease by 0.2 percent. (1000).
As of January 1, 2021, pensions are expected to increase an average of 9.58 percent. In 2021, the average annual old-age pension with the required seniority should be € 440, that is, € 40.6 or 10.2%. higher than in 2020 (9.6% due to indexation of pensions, 0.6% due to higher pensions under new concession).
It will be financed from the budget
The PSDF budget is the highest: 77.73 percent. revenue from state budget appropriations is increasing. In turn, it is planned to allocate the largest amount of additional expenses to health programs and other medical insurance expenses: 33.93 percent. plus.
1.56 percent increase in spending on personal health services, 7.42%. – drugs, medical aids and rental of medical devices (devices), 1.89%. – for medical rehabilitation and sanatorium treatment, 6.41%. – technical orthopedic devices.
“The revised PSDF budget for 2021 covers the costs of personal health care institutions that have contracts with territorial health insurance funds for the staff of these institutions that organize and / or provide health care services to patients with communicable diseases particularly serious in the quarantine area or measures to prevent epidemics in the outbreak of particularly serious communicable diseases, to increase salaries and other related costs for health institutions (employer fees) ”, says the explanatory memorandum of the project.
Salaries would increase by 4-32 euros
The government is also considering a proposal to approve a base salary of € 177 next year, which would increase 0.6% compared to the current base salary.
According to Elta, this year the official salary amounts to 176 euros.
Once this amount has been determined, the salaries of state politicians, judges of general jurisdiction and specialized courts, state officials, public officials, employees of state and municipal budgetary institutions, judges of the Constitutional Court, military personnel are around 200 thousand. employees would increase from € 4 to € 32.
To increase the basic amount by 1 euro from the state budget, around 21 million are required. by year.
Previous government plans
The project presented to the Seimas by the Government of Saulius Skvernelis in October foresaw that in 2021 11.38 billion LTL would be collected in the state budget. 150 million euros of income. EUR or 1.26%. less than planned this year. Expenses for the next year are estimated at $ 15.49 billion. 271 million euros. EUR or 21.22%. more than planned this year.
At its last meeting, the Seimas Budget and Finance Committee, elected in 2016, concluded its consideration of next year’s state budget and approved proposals for 631.73 million LTL. euros. However, the last word on its implementation must be given by the new government headed by I. Šimonytė.
The previous government said that the budget deficit could reach 4,110 million in 2021 and be equal to 5%. gross domestic product. In 2021, it is expected to borrow around 5.14 billion. and have 50.2%. GDP public debt.
The previous government planned that Sodra’s budget revenue in 2021 would reach 5.02 billion. 129 million euros. EUR or 2.6 percent. higher than this year, and spending 5.01 billion. 462 million euros. EUR or 10%. larger. It is estimated that 14 million euros surplus.
The budgetary income and expenses of the PSDF were to be the same next year, at 2,370 million. euros. Compared to 2020, they were expected to increase by 65.2 million. EUR or 2.8%.
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