Capital expenditures have been reduced in the state budget, and this is linked to the implementation of several programs and projects throughout the past years. This is what Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said in response to a question from Deputy of Bright Armenia Party Mane Tandilyan during a question-and-answer session at the National Assembly.

The Deputy particularly stated that the expenditures of the 2018 State Budget had been reduced by AMD 85 billion compared to 2017 and that the executive of the 2018 State Budget had been underperformed by AMD 21 billion.

In his turn, the Deputy Prime Minister informed that there had been inventory under all programs for capital expenditures.

According to him, through inventory, the government is trying to understand the problems that exist and the programs that have to be either implemented or terminated, as well as redistribute.

“We are aspiring to increase the capital expenditure programs,” Avinyan said, adding that inventory of the programs will continue for another 1-2 months.