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A number of key government agencies are set to have their budgetary allocation for the current fiscal year increased, while a few were decreased. The revised allocations were listed in the First Supplementary Estimates for the 2018-19 fiscal year, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke.
Below are some of the agencies with the revised figures:
AGENCY APPROVED ESTIMATE REVISED ESTIMATE
Jamaica Urban
Transit Company $2.56B $5B
Jamaica Fire Brigade $46.1M $96.1M
Hope Zoo
Foundation $35.4M $94.4M
Rural Development
Programme $259.6M $456.5M
($100M for the Irish Potato, Scotch Bonnet and Onion Programme as well as the Bamboo and Castor Bean Development projects)
Cannabis Licensing
Authority $113M $163M
The Courts $937M $1B
Southern Coastal
Highway Improvement $3.6B $2.2B
Major Infrastructure
Development Project $12B $19B
Public Sector Efficiency
Programme $1.4B $928M
Crop Research &
Development $44M $47.8M
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