R $ 4.8 billion were also cut off in full -time schools, which at the beginning of President Lula’s government was one of the priorities of the Ministry of Education
It has asked this year’s budget changes to accommodate a number of new expenses, such as $ 3 billion for the Gas aid and an increase of $ 8 billion in social security spending. Given this scenario, the government requested a cut of $ 7.7 billion in Bolsa Familia, expanding the reduction of expense with the program already provided for in the spending containment package.
The decision was made in the context of discussions of the Budget Execution Board (Jeo). The request for cutting in the social program is in a letter sent by the Ministry of Planning to the Joint Budget Commission (CMO). The fiscal package released last year initially foresaw the reduction of R $ 2 billion in the projection of expense in the Bolsa Familia program for 2025. This amount was, however, extended in subsequent discussions held under the Jeo.
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In the letter, the Executive did not provide for the expenses with the Step, but asked that spending on the school permanence incentive program can be supplemented after this year’s Annual Budget Law (LOA) approval. In a note sent to the report, the Ministry of Planning clarified that the letter requests adjustment to the text to allow the foot to be supplemented by the executive power after the budget approval. The educational program today has a supply of $ 1 billion in the original project and was not supplemented in this letter.
The House of Representatives Budget and Financial Supervision Consulting (Conof) estimates that there are R $ 10 billion with funds from the freshness that did not go through the budget. The Federal Court of Audit (TCU) ruled, on February 12, to release R $ 6 billion from the sock that had been blocked by operating outside the budget, in disrespect for tax rules.
The Court of Accounts, however, determined that the government took action in 120 days to adapt the program to budget rules. According to the decision, the execution of the foot can be done outside the budget until the National Congress on the subject. Despite not including spending on the educational program in the adjustment of expenses to be made in the budget, the planning requested that about R $ 39.6 billion will be relocated in the budget piece.
In addition to the R $ 3 billion necessary to ensure the highest contribution in Gása, the government also expanded spending on social security benefits by about R $ 8 billion in the 2025 budget. The new estimate reduces the difference from forecasts made by market agents, which previously pointed to a underestimation of R $ 16 billion to R $ 20 billion in this expense.
It also asked Congress to add R $ 3 billion in the heading “Refunding Financial Support through financing and other financial instruments for projects for mitigating and adapting to climate change” of the Social Fund.
To accommodate these new expenses, the government has requested the reduction of several other expenses. Cut at Bolsa Familia was one of the biggest suggested by the government. R $ 4.8 billion were also cut off in full -time school implementation actions, which at the beginning of the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was one of the priorities of the Ministry of Education.
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On the other hand, even with the spending containment package approved last year with restriction on access to the continued benefit (BPC), the government has requested an increase of R $ 678 million in spending on the program (R $ 296.8 million more for the benefit for elderly from age monthly and R $ 381.3 million for aid focused on persons with disability and lifetime income. Monthly by disability).
*With information from Estadão Content
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