The Treasury revealed the balance budget execution to February 2022. According to the bulletin published by the portfolio, at the end of February, of the total appropriated ($352.1 billion), 24.8% was committed, that is, $87.3 billion; 10.2% ($35.9 billion) was obligated and 9.9% ($34.8 billion) was paid.
It is worth mentioning that current PGN appropriations totaled $352.1 billion at the end of February. By type of expense, 59.9% of this total was assigned to functioning, 20.4% to debt service and 19.8% to investment.
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According to the report, uncommitted appropriations at this point in time amounted to $264.8 billion. And the pending final appropriations were distributed as follows: operation 61%, debt service 25% and investment 14%.
The budget of debt service, consistent with its maturity schedule, closed February with appropriations pending commitment for $66.3 billion, this is 92.5% of the final appropriations destined to pay this type of expense ($71.7 billion).
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The 12 sectors with the largest appropriations committed $44.7 billion, equivalent to 21.2% of the total appropriation of the PGN’s operation.
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In this group, the sectors with the highest rates of execution, measured as the percentage of commitments over current appropriation, were Presidency of the Republic, with $2.1 billion (83.9%); Registry, with $1.3 billion (53.2%); and Education, with 23.8 billion (45.5%).
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