Colombia's government on Friday presented a law to the country's Congress to raise public spending in its budget this year by 25.4 trillion pesos ($5.11 billion) in a move to finance the social plans put forward by President Gustavo Petro.
Most of the resources to hike public spending will come from a tax reform approved by Congress last year, which came into affect in January, as well as those obtained from public companies.
The bill would add 8.6 trillion pesos to this year's budget, bringing the budget total to 414.2 trillion pesos .To increase public spending Colombia's government will reduce fuel subsidy payments, which will now flow directly from dividends paid by majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol. The extra money will go towards purchasing land for agrarian reform, constructing tertiary roads, payments to Colombia's poor, as well as to strengthen the health sector budget, among others, the government said.
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