FIJI BUDGET ESTIMATES 2017-2018 - Parliament of Fiji

1 1 $(000)$(000)ESTIMATED REVENUE:Direct Taxes790, Taxes2,306, 376, Operating Receipts3,473, Investing Receipts383, ESTIMATED REVENUE3,857, EXPENDITURE:Operating 2,515, 1,778, Added Tax 62, ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE4,356, Net Deficit 499, Debt Repayments 217, Gross Deficit 716, Net Deficit As A Percent of GDP10,980, ESTIMATES2017-2018 23 3To the Permanent Secretary, Economy HeadAmount ProgrammeSCHEDULE under andRequisition Activity Description($'000) 2-3-1-9 All Items under Capital and Refurbishment of Works for New Vanua Levu Operating , Capital , , Items under Capital 's Compensation ..2, Employment Services; Fiji Volunteer , of Overseas Missions .. Items under Capital Grants and , of New Labasa Weather of Nadi Radar Antenna; Replacement of Automatic Weather Observation , Programme; Consumer , Arrangement for Rapid Deployment to Peacekeeping and Maintenance of Institutional Buildings; Staff Quarters; Completion of Lautoka Remand Centre & Women's Correction 2, - Telecommunication and CCTV Camera Network; Repair and Maintenance of Institutional Rehabilitation - Ba Corrections Centre; Upgrade of Public Cemeteries.

2 Pacific Broadcasting Union to Telecommunications Authority of Analogue to Digital Roadmap; Support for Local Movie and Literary , Connection to Vanua Levu ..5, Television , BDM, Companies and Titles Office; Government Fiber Network , Items under Capital , Government Station .. Preparatory Preparatory Preparatory Preparatory Access Roads, Footpaths and Footbridges ..2, to Self - Help Projects ..1, Housing Assistance ..1, Items under Capital , of Logistic Support Unit Complex .. Infrastructure and Boat Life Extension Programmes ..1, of Items under Capital , Assurance Systems for the Forensic Bio and DNA Lab; Communication , Management Equipment; Standard and Upgrade of Schools and Institutional Quarters ..1, Rehabilitation- Purchase of Furniture for 127 Damaged Schools; Purchase of Furniture and Equipment for New Bau Central Items under Capital Grants and , Rehabilitation- Boarding Facilities for Primary Items under Capital Grants and , Rehabilitation- Building Grant for Non Government Primary , Rehabilitation- Building Grant for Non-Government Secondary , and Numeracy Items under Capital Grants and , Health Contribution on.

3 1, Items under Capital , Rental Board , Items under Capital , Items under Capital Grants and , to Organisations for Person's with , Graduation Programme; Capital Grants to Organisations for Person's with , and Refurbishment of Fiji Juvenile Rehabilitation Benefit Scheme; Child Protection Allowance; Social Pension Scheme; National Council for Older , Voucher for Rural Pregnant Mothers; Allowance for Person's with , Protection , of 3 State Homes for the 's Plan of , National Women s Expo .. Sports Tournaments; Hosting of International Tournaments; Engagement of Sports , of Rural Sports , Items under Capital Grants and , Agriculture Technical Marketing Authority - Capital Grant; Committee on Better Utilisation of , Agricultural Partnership Project- Government Contribution; 34th Session of FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the , Agricultural Partnership Project (IFAD).

4 2, Mechanisation ..1, Items under Capital Grants and , Items under Capital , And for so doing, this, together with the Accounts, Certificates and Acquittances prescribed in or under the said Act and other laws, shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge. APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY, 2017 - 2018 Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprise, Civil Service and CommunicationDated at Suva this 29th day of June 2017. In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by subsection (14 and 15) of Part 4 of the Financial Management Act 2004, I hereby authorise and require you to pay during the year 2017-2018 the sums set forth in the BUDGET ESTIMATES and the notes and annexes thereto with the exception of the sums specified in the Schedule hereto for which requisitions must be submitted, as they become due in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and all Regulations made or deemed to have been made thereunder, and of all other laws for the time being in 4 HeadAmount ProgrammeSCHEDULE under andRequisition Activity Description($'000) 30-2-2-8 Export Promotion Programme; Food Security Programme; Rice Revitalization; Coconut Development Programme; Ginger Development , Development Programme; Dalo Development Programme; Potato Development Programme; Flat Land Development.

5 Farm Access Roads4, of Seed and Planting Materials; Construction of Agronomy Building-Phase , Industry , Rehabilitation , Animal Control , Development of Office and Quarters; Cyclone Rehabilitation-On-going Construction of Fisheries Institutional , of Aluminium of Cicia Ice Plant; Construction of Moala Ice Plant; Upgrade of Lekutu Fisheries , of New Ice Machine-Wainibokasi Ice Development Programme; On-going Construction of Multi-Species Hatchery; Food Security of Office and of Harvesting Assessment and Development - Large Islands; Construction of Core Repository Storage , of Drill , of Government Lands Schedule 'A' and 'B' .. of Geodetic , of Stereo Satellite Council Rates for Crown Land; iTaukei Lands Leased to State; Renewal of Native , of State , Bank , to Professional Export Strategy; Integrated Human Resource Development , Items under Capital Grants and , of National Measurement Laboratory.

6 UN World Tourism Organisation Joint Meeting of the Commission for East Asia and the Pacific and the Commission of South Items Under Capital Grant and Transfers ..43, Items Under Special Items Under Capital Grant and Transfers ..56, Authority of Fiji - Operating , of Seawall - , Items Under Capital Items Under Capital Grant and Transfers ..3, Ambulance Service - National Fire , Council Management Items under Capital Grants and , Town Development (Nabouwalu)..5, of Naboro Landfill - Stage , Transport Authority - Operating Grant; Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji - Operating Grant ..24, Transport Authority - Capital Grant ..5, Franchise , Items under Capital Grant and , of Multi-Purpose , Extension to Waiyala, Sawene, Wema, Korovou, Nasikawa Villages and nearby Settlement in , Extension to Villages in Mali and Vorovoro 1, Extension to Lagalaga Settlement in Labasa; Grid Extension to Solove Stage 1, , Extension to Nakoroboya Primary School, Village and Settlement at Nakoroboya, , Items under Capital Grants and , Authority of Fiji - Operating , Authority of Fiji - Capital , of Irrigation , Items under Capital , of , Items under Capital Grants and , Items under Capital Grants and , Arrangement for Rapid Deployment to Peacekeeping Arrangement for Rapid Deployment to Peacekeeping Public Service Broadcast TV; Public Service Broadcast , Preparatory Cost of hosting ADB Meeting in 2019; 2018 General Elections , All Items under Capital , Leasing.

7 34, SME Guarantee Scheme; Maritime Pine; Miscellaneous Grant in Aid; All Items under Lending and On-Lending ..165, Rural Maritime Livelihood Training; Grant to Hilton Special School - Early Intervention ..2, All Items under Vocational Training; All Items under Scholarship Fund; iTaukei Land Development ..47, Investigation for Development of Geothermal Power in Fiji; Ongoing Contingency Funds for Disaster Risk; Marketing Support to Fiji Airways .. 23, Ongoing Rehabilitation and Construction of Schools damaged by TC Winston (R3 - R5); Copra Price Stabilisation , Land Acquisition and Survey for Infrastructure Assets (Roads and Water); Detailed Design for the Nadi Flood Alleviation , ,914, DescriptionAmount under Items to which the amount under requisition is conditional upon Aid funding: Requisition 5-1-1-7 Child Protection Programme - (UNICEF).. for Child Protection Programme - Prosecution (UNICEF).

8 Protection Programme - (UNICEF).. Protection Programme - (UNICEF); Support to Early Childhood Care and Education Sub-Sector - (UNICEF).. DRR and Resiliency in the Education , Sanitation and Hygiene Programme - (UNICEF); Health , Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Programme - (UNICEF).. for Malaria - (Global Fund) ..1, Protection Programme - (UNICEF); Policy, Evidence and Social Protection - (UNICEF).. Protection Program - (UNICEF).. Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (World Bank)..2, Coordinating Agency Support - (UNDP).. Cutting Capacity Building Development Project: Phase 2 - (UNDP) .. Energy Financing Project - (World Bank); Fiji Renewable Energy Power Project - (UNDP) .. Measures for EDF 11 - (EU).. Assistance Towards TC Winston's Emergency Response - (EU)..4, , 5 2017-2018 BUDGET ESTIMATES INDEX Page No. NOTES ON THE BUDGET ESTIMATES .

9 72017-2018 BUDGET FUNDING 8 ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE BY STANDARD EXPENDITURE GROUP .. 9 ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE BY FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES .. 10-11 DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE Head No. General Administration --1. Office of the President .. 12-132. Office of the Prime Minister ..14-193. Office of the Attorney 20-234. Ministry of Ministry of iTaukei Affairs ..38-436. Ministry of Defence and National Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Ministry of Foreign Affairs .. 54-579. Independent Bodies .. Commissions .. of Disaster Management and Meteorological Services .. of Justice ..70-71 Fiji Corrections Service .. of Communication .. of Civil Service .. of Rural and Maritime Development .. of Fiji Military Forces .. Police Force ..106-117 Social Services of Education, Heritage and Arts .. of Health and Medical of Housing .. of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation.

10 160-16725. Ministry of Youth and Sports .. Education Institutions ..174-1756 6 Economic Services of Agriculture .. of of Forests .. of Lands and Mineral of Industry, Trade and of Sugar .. of Public Enterprise .. of Local Government and of Environment ..252-253 Infrastructure of Infrastructure and Authority of of Roads Unallocable Services .. , Gratuities and Compassionate Allowances .. Charges on Public Debt ..302-335 DETAILS OF REVENUE ..335-341 LOAN FUNDING PROGRAMME ..342 PAYMENTS FROM LENDING FUND ACCOUNT ..343 APPENDICES --Appendix 1-Standard Expenditure Groups and Associated Items ..344 Appendix 2-List of Officers Responsible for Controlling Expenditure During Fiscal Year NOTES ON THE BUDGET ESTIMATES 1. The BUDGET ESTIMATES are presented in a programme format. This format aims to give a reasonably accurate estimate of costs of each major activity carried out by the Ministries so that these can be weighed against its importance in the Government's total BUDGET .