JAYSON T.

MOTA BSA-III

NATIONAL BUDGET FOR 2016 (TUWID NA PAGGUGOL)

President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday, December 22, signed into law the P3.002 trillion
national budget for 2016.
double the first budget that Aquino passed in 2010, which was P1.645 trillion. It is also the 6th
and last budget to be passed under the current administration.
2016 Department of budget and management (DBM) secretary Florencio Abad said that 2016
GAA is higher by P396 billion or 15.2% than the P2.606-trillion 2014 national budget.
64% will be spent on social and economic services.

Among those that received the highest allocations are:

1. Department of Education (DepEd) - P411.905 billion;

2. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - P384.287 billion;

3. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) P124.229 billion;

4. Department of Health (DOH) - P123.510 billion;

5. Department of National Defense (DND) - P117.521 billion;

6. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) - P110.816 billion;

7. Department of Agriculture (DA) - P48.447 billion;

8. State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) - P47.414 billion;

9. Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) - P42.680 billion;

10. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) P28.492 billion.

EXPENDITURE PROGRAM BY SECTOR (IN MILLION PESOS)

Particulars Level Percent Distribution

FY 2016 FY 2016

Economic Services 834,029 27.78

Social Services 1,119,812 37.30

Defense 130,687 4.35

General Public Services 497,975 16.59

Net Lending 26,500 0.88

Debt-Service-Interest Payments 392,797 13.09

Grand Total 3,001,800 100