Budget request for next year Expected to exceed 100 trillion yen Expansion related to corona is also expanded at 4:06 on September 30
The budget request for the next fiscal year is expected to exceed 100 trillion yen for the seventh consecutive year, with 30 days being the deadline for submission from each ministry and agency to the Ministry of Finance, and the total amount of the general account is expected to exceed 100 trillion yen due to an increase in social security costs.
In addition to this, there are also businesses related to the new coronavirus whose required amount is not specified, and the final budget scale may be further expanded.
The deadline for the budget request is usually the end of August, but this time it was set to 30 days, one month later, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
With this budget request, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has reached a record high of 32,989.5 billion yen, an increase of 3.4 billion yen from the initial budget for this year due to the increase in social security costs.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism says that it will increase by 30.5 billion yen to demand 5,961.6 billion yen due to the strengthening of flood control measures.
In addition, “Government bond costs” for redemption and interest payments of government bonds increased by 2,141.9 billion yen to 25,493.4 billion yen.
As a result, the total amount of the general account for the budget request for the next fiscal year is expected to exceed 100 trillion yen for the seventh consecutive year.
On the other hand, in the area related to the new corona, there are projects to set up "regional outpatient / testing centers" to collect samples for PCR tests, border measures for infectious diseases for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and local public transportation such as railways and buses. It includes transportation maintenance and support for the tourism industry.
In many of these new corona-related businesses, the amount requested is not specified because it is difficult to determine the impact at this time, and the final budget size may increase further.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso said at a meeting on the 29th, "I want to make a high-quality budget even if the outlook is uncertain due to the new corona virus," and expressed the idea of aiming for both economic revitalization and fiscal consolidation. I will.