10 executive agencies, gov’t office with smallest budget for 2017

Aika Rey

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10 executive agencies, gov’t office with smallest budget for 2017
The OVP, CHR, and CSC get the smallest budgetary allocation in the proposed 2017 national budget

MANILA, Philippines – Among government offices and agencies, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) received the smallest proposed budgetary allocation for 2017.

Dubbed as “Budget for Real Change,” the proposed national budget for next year amounts to P3.35 trillion. It is 11.6% higher than the 2016 national budget and is the highest amount proposed by any administration so far. (READ: What’s in the proposed 2017 national budget?)

The table below shows the 10 government agencies and office with the smallest budgets, comprising 1% of the proposed fiscal plan for 2017: 

Top gainers 

2017 (Proposed)

[In million  pesos]

2016 (Adjusted)

[In million  pesos]

Increase

[In million  pesos]

%

Office of the Vice President P434 P504 (P70) -13.89%
Commission on Human Rights  P496 P460 P36 7.83%
Civil Service Commission P1,416 P1,317 P99 7.52%
Department of Budget and Management P1,476 P1,423 P53 3.72%
Office of the Ombudsman P2,299 P2,063
P236 11.44%
Department of Energy P2,656 P1,866 P790 42.34%
Commission on Elections P3,322 P16,155
P12,833 -79.44%
Department of Information and Communications Technology P3,558 P3,558
Department of Agrarian Reform P10,144 P10,386 (P242) -2.33%
Commission on Audit P10,856 P9,335 P1,521 16.29%
Total 36,657 43,509 (P6,852) -18.69%

Among the agencies, the OVP, which has no attached agencies, received the smallest proposed funding for 2017 – P434 million. This is 13.89% lower than this year’s allocation of P504 million. It will be used primarily for operations and ceremonial support.

Next is the CHR, with a budgetary allocation of P496 million. It is 7.83% higher than this year’s budget of P460 million. The bulk of its budget will be used for human rights protection.

Meanwhile, the CSC will receive P1.41 billion next year. This amount is a 7.52% increase from its 2016 budget of P1.32 billion. About half of its funds will be used for human resource management regulation.

Following the table, the Commission on Elections’ share of funds is substantially lowered in 2017 as this year’s budget included allocation for the national elections.

Similar to the previous years’ budgets, the education sector got the biggest funding while the OVP got the smallest slice of the pie this year. The treemap below shows the distribution of funds among agencies in the proposed financial plan.

To navigate, hover over the tiles to see the proposed allocation for that department. Click the other tabs to see the 2016 and 2015 budgets.

Before the year ends, President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign the appropriations bill, financing the projects and programs of the goverment for the following year.– Rappler.com

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Aika Rey

Aika Rey is a business reporter for Rappler. She covered the Senate of the Philippines before fully diving into numbers and companies. Got tips? Find her on Twitter at @reyaika or shoot her an email at aika.rey@rappler.com.