Iran ICT Ministry Glum About Proposed 2019-20 Budget

The ICT Ministry and affiliated companies will get 37.6 trillion rials ($342 million) next year according to the 2019-20 budget bill submitted to the Majlis on Tuesday by President Hassan Rouhani. 
In the proposed budget, published on the website of the Plan and Budget Organization (PBO), the ministry’s funding for the coming fiscal is unchanged compared to the current year that ends in March 2019.
However, compared to the budget for current year (March 2018-19), the next budget is focused more on operational spending and less on infrastructure development.