The State Duma passed the first reading of the draft federal budget for 2019. and the planning period 2020-2021. The consideration was attended by the First Deputy Head of the Government of the Russian Federation - Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin. Opening the plenary session on Wednesday, October 24, the speaker of the lower house, Vyacheslav Volodin, noted that the new budget provides a large supply of opportunities for the development of medicine, education, science, construction and other industries. It is important that before the first reading the document was discussed in the Duma committees.. As a result, all 26 committees supported the project, although 18 made comments that should be taken into account when preparing the budget for the second reading, Volodin said. For his part, Siluanov pointed out that the new budget is aimed at the implementation of the tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the May decree of 2018. In particular, we are talking about Russia's entry into the top five countries with the largest economy, increasing economic growth rates higher than the world average, increasing the life expectancy of citizens, increasing the size of wages and pensions. According to the minister, in the coming years, significant funds are planned to be spent on digitalization of the economy and export promotion..

"Export products are a guarantee of quality and a guarantee of competitiveness," explained Siluanov. As conceived by the government, by 2024. The share of small and medium enterprises in GDP should be at least one third, and at least 25 million citizens should work there. “We will help enterprises stimulate them with a ruble so that they increase labor productivity and improve the level of work of their employees,” the Minister of Finance guaranteed. Much attention is paid in the budget to the medical field.. "This is one of our main national projects, because without improving health care, we will not achieve increased life expectancy," Siluanov said.. He pointed out that the modernization of institutions specializing in combating cardiovascular, cancer and other dangerous diseases, the creation of hundreds of medical and obstetric and mobile first-aid posts provided more than 1 trillion rubles for 6 years. Approximately the same amount will be directed to the development of backbone infrastructure, which will improve the standard of living in economic centers throughout the country.. Increased funds for the promotion of sports among the population. If now approximately 37% of Russians are engaged in sports, then the goal is by 2024. - 50%. The implementation of these goals, as well as poverty reduction, will be facilitated by the decision according to which within 6 years excise taxes on petroleum products will be transferred to the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

It is important that the budget for the next year is planned to be in surplus - the excess of income over expenditure will be 1.932 trillion rubles, or 1.8% of GDP. This makes the main financial document of the country sustainable and independent of external factors, be it a change in the price of oil, Western sanctions or tons.. However, the real budget surplus can be much higher.. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin. first of all, due to the fact that the price of oil "for 2019 and the next two will be about $ 10 higher than budgeted," he explained his point of view. On the other hand, the country may receive less 1.3 trillion rubles of dividends from companies with state participation, Kudrin warned, stating that such revenues are planned at the level of 50% of organizations' profits in the draft budget.. "We need to invest more in education, health and infrastructure. For these purposes, it would be necessary to additionally give from 0.5% to 1% of GDP ", - Kudrin introduced his proposal. The head of the Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes, Andrei Makarov, called the draft budget a reflection of Russia's overcoming the economic crisis.. In his opinion, the figures based on the size of GDP indicate the beginning of a period of growth. After all, if this year's GDP is 101 trillion rubles, next year it will reach 106 trillion, and in 2021. - 118 trillion rubles. Makarov highlighted the growth of non-oil and gas revenues: compared with the current year, they will grow by 16%. This means that the country is dismounting from the notorious oil needle, which makes it possible to speak of serious resources on which the country can count.. In particular, the National Welfare Fund will have reserves sufficient to fulfill all social obligations.. “Consequently, starting next year, we will be able to direct all additional income to the development of the economy,” the head of the core committee of the State Duma. However, it is not enough just to discuss and adopt a budget.. The execution of the main financial document of the country should be put on parliamentary control, said the speaker of the State Duma Volodin. He urged deputies to be more actively involved in this work.. In addition, he invited colleagues to discuss the budget with voters before the second reading - just next week, parliamentarians are sent to the regions, and they will have such an opportunity. For his part, the speaker proposed to give the government the right to redistribute funds between national projects. For example, when in the implementation of one program funds remained, it is advisable to use them to solve another goal as quickly as possible.. The draft federal budget for 2019. and the planned period 2020-2021 g. entered the State Duma on September 29. For the first time, most of the documents were presented in digital format, including passports of state programs, data on the Federal Targeted Investment Program (FAIP), methods and calculations of the distribution of intergovernmental transfers by Federation subjects, etc..

The text of the draft law on the federal budget, an explanatory note to it, a number of annexes, as well as legal acts that are introduced together with the draft main financial law of the country were presented in paper format.. In the draft budget for 2018. revenues are planned in the amount of 19 trillion 969.3 billion rubles, expenses - 18 trillion 37.2 billion rubles. Inflation rate in 201 g. expected 4.3%. The second reading of the draft budget can be held in the State Duma on November 14, the third - on November 20..