For January – June 2024, the total amount of cash expenditures of the general fund of the state budget amounted to more than UAH 1.5 trillion, which is UAH 136.2 billion, or 9.7% more compared to the same period last year. In particular, 286.7 billion hryvnia were spent in June. This is evidenced by data from the monthly reporting of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine dated July 15, 2024.
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Where the funds were sent
In the structure of expenses the most targeted:
– UAH 600.3 billion – for wages with accruals (including in June – UAH 106.2 billion), or 38.9% of the total expenses spent in January – June 2024 (increased against the same period last year by UAH 30.9 billion, or 5.4%). In particular, 457 billion UAH were allocated for the maintenance of military personnel (in June – 79.8 billion UAH);
– 248.2 billion UAH – for payment for the use of goods and services (in June – 44.3 billion UAH), or 16.1% of total expenses. In particular:
UAH 137.6 billion – to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations and law enforcement agencies. This is the purchase of military equipment, weapons, ammunition, defense products, personal protective equipment (helmets, body armor and other special equipment), fuel and lubricants, food, payment of utilities;
76.1 billion UAH — transferred by the National Health Service of Ukraine for the implementation of the program of state guarantees of medical care for the population;
– UAH 282 billion (in June – UAH 45.5 billion) – for social security, including payment of pensions, benefits, scholarships, or 18.3% of total expenses, which is by UAH 17.8 billion, or by 6.7 % more compared to the same period last year. Among other things, the Ministry of Social Policy allocated expenses for social payments in the amount of UAH 221.1 billion, in particular:
UAH 136.9 billion – a transfer to the Pension Fund for financial support for the payment of pensions, bonuses and increases to pensions ;
57.8 billion UAH — for social protection of children and families, protection of citizens in difficult life circumstances, to support low-income families;
24.4 billion UAH — for the payment of housing subsidies and benefits to citizens for payment of housing and communal services, purchase of solid and liquid household heating fuel and liquefied gas;
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– UAH 146.4 billion – for subsidies and current transfers to enterprises (institutions, organizations) (in June – UAH 24.9 billion), or 9.5% of total expenses. Among them:
126.6 billion UAH – for the purchase of goods to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
11 billion UAH – for ensuring the functioning of the Entrepreneurship Development Fund;
– 132.8 billion UAH – for servicing public debt (in June – 31.1 billion UAH), or 8.6% of the total volume (against the same period last year increased by 15.9 billion UAH, or by 13.6%);
– 92.3 billion UAH – for transfers to local budgets (in June – 27 billion UAH), or 6% of the total volume (compared to the same period last year year increased by UAH 7.9 billion, or 9.3%).
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