2011/2012 Budget the Biggest in Qatar History, Says Finance

(QNA) - This is year''s budget, besides the traditional administrative division, introduced a functional division of public expenditures distributing it to 10 public services sectors namely: defense and security, public order and safety affairs, economic affairs, environment protection, housing and community facilities, health, sport and culture, education and social protection. Due to the great importance the government attaches to the education, health and housing sectors, an amount of QR 19.3 billion has been allocated to the education sector up QR 2.1 billion from last year or an increase rate of 12 percent. An amount of QR 8.8 billion has been devoted to the health sector, up from last year amount by QR 301 million with an increase of 3.6 percent while an amount of QR 5.2 billion has been earmarked for housing with an increase of QR 2.6 billion riyals last year with an increase rate of 100percent. The economic policy took into account Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy 2011/ 2016. That was clearly reflected in the allocation of 41 percent of public expenditures to public projects as it included the financing of major projects such as the New Doha Port, the railway project studies and the completion of New Doha International Airport, the sanitation system and other infrastructure projects, with priority given to health and education sectors, which HH the Emir and HH the Heir Apparent give utmost attention.