President Sisi Approves FY 2019/20 Budget: Official Gazette

Monday, 1st July 2019
by Invest Gate

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address after the gunmen attack in Minya, accompanied by leaders of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the Supreme Council for Police (unseen), at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Egyptian official gazette has officially released that President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified the FY 2019/20 state budget, effective as of July, Invest-Gate reports.

On June 24, Egypt’s parliament approved the government’s budget and sent it to El-Sisi for approval.

Spending is set at EGP 1.6 trn in FY 2019/20, up EGP 150 bn from the current fiscal year, marking the biggest state budget in the country’s history, Egypt, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said in a previous ministerial statement.

The new budget supports the country’s development sectors with around EGP 4.9 bn, including but not limited to EGP 3.9 bn for Egypt’s Social Housing Program, notably developing 120,000 housing units, and bolstering the enhancement of Upper Egypt, the minister added.

The country targets, under the FY 2019/20 budget, an economic growth target of 6% compared to the 5.6% posted in the current fiscal year.