Budget request policy for the next fiscal year Same amount as this fiscal year Infectious disease response is separate July 21 at 10:51
The Ministry of Finance has announced specific policies for each ministry to make budget requests for the next fiscal year. While it is difficult to predict the future response to the new coronavirus, the budget demand will be basically the same as this year, and the budget necessary for responding to infectious diseases will be accepted separately. is.
The Ministry of Finance put together a concrete policy for each ministry to make a budget request for the next fiscal year, and was presented by Deputy Prime Minister Aso and Minister of Finance at the Cabinet meeting on the 21st.
As a result, this time, it is necessary to prioritize the response to the new coronavirus and reduce the burden on each ministry and agency, so the deadline for submitting budget estimation requests will be delayed by one month from the usual year, and end of September.
In addition, since it is difficult to predict the future response to infectious diseases, we will make the structure and procedure as simple as possible without setting an upper limit on the budget amount at the stage of requesting a rough estimate. Specifically, the budget requirement is basically the same as the initial budget for the current fiscal year, and the budget required for responding to infectious diseases is admitted separately.
While spending on the general account for the current fiscal year has already expanded to over 160 trillion yen due to the two supplementary budgets for responding to the new coronavirus, how to stop the expansion of the budget in the next fiscal year budgeting It will be an issue.