Tokyo Metropolitan Government's initial budget proposal for the new fiscal year is the largest ever due to countermeasures against the declining birthrate

The initial budget proposal for Tokyo's new fiscal year = 2023 included approximately 1.65 trillion yen for child-related initiatives, such as measures to counter the declining birthrate by providing 5,000 yen per month to those under the age of 18. The total amount of accounts reached a record high of over 8.4 trillion yen.

According to the Tokyo metropolitan government, the initial budget proposal for the new fiscal year is more than 8.4 trillion yen in total for the general account.

As an initial budget proposal, this fiscal year = FY2022, which was the largest so far, will exceed the previous fiscal year by approximately 240 billion yen, making it the largest ever.

Specifically,

▽ Approximately 126 billion yen for efforts to provide 5,000 yen per month for children under the age of 18 ▽ Approximately 11 billion yen

for

free childcare for second children up to 2 years old

▽ Reiwa 6 Approximately

1.65 trillion yen, an increase of approximately 210 billion yen from this year

, for child-related initiatives, such as allocating approximately 20 million yen to prepare for the expansion of eligible subjects for free tuition at metropolitan universities from this fiscal year.

The reason is the inclusion of

In addition, as a priority measure,

▽ Approximately 740 billion yen for strengthening the city to protect citizens from natural disasters ▽

Efforts to realize a decarbonized society, such as making it mandatory to install solar panels on newly built detached houses Approximately 180 billion yen is included in the

As a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, we will consider the position of the country under the Infectious Diseases Act, etc., and will respond by allocating a supplementary budget in the future.

On the other hand, tax revenues from the metropolitan government are expected to increase by approximately 570 billion yen from this year to around 6.2 trillion yen, a record high, due to the expected increase in revenues in a wide range of industries, mainly in the service and manufacturing industries. It has become an outlook.

Along with this, the amount of debt issued by the metropolitan government will be reduced to about 290 billion yen, which is about 4 billion yen less than the initial budget proposal for this year.

The budget proposal will be submitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, which is scheduled to open next month.