Ukraine’s Parliament adopted draft state budget 2019. The minimum wage will be UAH 4,173

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The draft resolution No.9000 on the conclusions and proposals to the draft state budget for 2019 was backed by 242 deputies and 240 parliamentarians as a whole, but on the second attempt. This was reported by NEWSONE inform agency.

«According to the project, the revenue growth was laid up to 1 trillion 8 billion hryvnias or by 9.0% in comparison to 2018. At the same time, expenses will amount 1 trillion 94 billion hryvnia, which is 10% more than in 2018,» the message says.

It is known that from January 1, 2019, the minimum wage will be set at UAH 4,173, i.e. increase by 12% from UAH 3,723.
According to the proposal of the Cabinet of Ministers, it is assumed that social expenditures will be set at UAH 301.8 billion. Culture expenditures will be set at UAH 5.4 billion – UAH 1 billion will be allocated of the total amount for the new films production.

«The calculations for the draft state budget-2019 were made according to the forecast of the exchange rate set at 29.4 UAH / USD at the end of the year,» – the report says.

As The Journalist reported, six political parties will divide half a billion UAH from the state budget. The biggeast part will go to the People’s Front.

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