KIEV, Oct. 20 – Parliament has adopted the first reading of the draft state budget for 2012.

The budget, which was registered in Parliament on Sept. 15, provides for revenues of UAH 337.557 billion and expenditures of UAH 361.586 billion, including UAH 291.444 billion in revenues into the General Fund of the budget, UAH 46.117 billion in revenues into its Special Fund, UAH 314.881 billion in expenditures from its General Fund, and UAH 46.705 billion in expenditures from its Special Fund.

The draft budget provides for limiting the budget deficit in 2012 to UAH 24.129 billion, including limiting the deficit of its General Fund to UAH 20.245 billion and the deficit of its Special Fund to UAH 3.885 billion.