The Chamber of Deputies approved the amended 2016 budget yesterday, Tuesday, 8 December 2015. It has been modified to include an additional RD$4 billion to the already approved RD$663.56 billion.
The budget was approved in two consecutive readings and was also approved by the Senate.
The National Budget for 2016 added RD$533.31 billion in extra allocations for the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Agriculture Ministry.
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