Fiscal 2021-22 Budget Headed to Guardians Council for Verification

Members of the parliament on Saturday approved the next fiscal year’s budget bill with a 170-8 vote while six members abstained.
In the next fiscal year (starting March 21, 2021), the operating budget (including revenues derived mainly from taxation and exports at the disposal of the government) has been projected to stand at 9,107 trillion rials ($36.42 billion at the market exchange rate of rials per dollar). 
Add to this, revenues and expenses earmarked for ministries and governmental institutions worth 950.73 trillion rials ($3.8 billion) take the total sum of the general budget to 10,058 trillion rials ($40.23 billion).