Budget request for next year Total amount exceeds 105 trillion yen Largest ever forecast October 1, 5:16
The budget request for the next fiscal year's budget was closed on the 30th, and it was found that the total amount of the general account is expected to exceed 105 trillion yen due to the increase in social security expenses and the largest scale ever. ..
As the financial situation becomes more difficult, future budgeting will focus on how to efficiently allocate the budget to a wide range of problems such as measures against the new coronavirus.
According to the government's budget request for the next fiscal year, which was closed on the 30th, the total amount of the general account requested by each ministry and agency is expected to exceed 105 trillion yen, which is the largest scale ever. It became clear in.
Furthermore, in this budget request, it is difficult to determine the effect of the new coronavirus, and there are many requests that do not specify the amount at this time, and the scale may increase further in the future.
In addition to the problems related to the new coronavirus, there are many issues such as digitization of the government, which is pointed out to be delayed in maintenance, subsidies for high treatment costs related to infertility treatment, and flood countermeasures in light of successive disasters.
Expenditures in the general account have already reached more than 160 trillion yen this year due to the two supplementary budgets, and the financial situation has become even more difficult.
The first budget compilation after the inauguration of the new administration will begin in earnest from the 1st, but the focus will be on how to efficiently allocate the budget to a wide range of issues toward the Cabinet decision at the end of the year.