Portal runews24. Ru transmits that the bill "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On the Federal Budget for 2017 and the Planning Period 2018 and 2019 "implies a reduction in the budget deficit for 2017 from 2 trillion 753.2 billion rubles to 1 trillion 923.8 billion rubles.

It is reported that when financing the budget deficit, it is proposed to reduce the use of the Reserve Fund resources by 91.1 billion rubles, the National Welfare Fund - by 4.7 billion rubles.

In addition, the article of income is proposed to increase by 1.2 trillion rubles and approve in the amount of 14.6 trillion rubles. Expenses will grow by 300 billion rubles and amount to 16.5 trillion rubles.

In addition, the upper limit of the state external debt of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2018 is planned to be reduced by $ 1.8 billion or up to $ 51.8 billion.

The document also presents a new level of inflation for the current year. Instead of the projected 4%, it will be 3.8%.