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Reduced revenue will result in cuts for 2021 budget

19 November 2020
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by Linda Straker

  • Date for Budget 2021 yet to be announced 
  • September 2020 Current Revenue was EC$5.2 million lower than target
  • Grants received in September 2020 were EC$3.1 million lower than in 2019
  • Government will not cut expenditure in areas where people need government’s help

Budget 2021 is yet to be announced but in preparation for its presentation the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives met on Wednesday, 18 November 2020. The members were told that ministries will have to cut some expenditures because of a drop in revenue caused by measures implemented as a result of Covid-19.

“This is the first time in 6 years that we can say we are having a serious problem with raising revenue. We are going through a tough time with this pandemic. It’s a tough time indeed,” Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell announced in a town hall meeting held in the parish of St David on Wednesday night.

The 2021 annual estimate of Revenue and Expenditure will be the first to be presented by Gregory Bowen who became the Finance Minister following a cabinet reshuffle in September, which became effective on 5 October. A date is yet to be announced for its presentation but traditional its normally done the last Friday in November.

“The Minister for Finance at a Finance Committee meeting today in preparation for the budget demonstrated that we have to cut some of the expenditures we normally do because revenue has dropped. Friends, that is life and I want our people to understand this,” Dr Mitchell told the meeting which was broadcast live on social media platforms.

The Finance Committee is a Parliamentary Committee in the Lower House or House of Representatives which must give formal input in finalising the annual budget. It is chaired by the Minister for Finance, and the members are all the elected members in Lower House of Parliament.

Dr Mitchell who previously served as Finance Minister explained to the townhall meeting that the drop in revenue will affect Central Government’s fulfilling all demands placed on Government despite increasing requests. “Because you get the impression, although some hear us saying revenue has dropped, you [are] getting more and more demand for services. Understand that if our revenue has dropped our expectation must drop to some extent.”

He gave the assurance that Government will not cut expenditure in areas where people need government’s help. “Where we have to make the cuts, [we] will be doing so in areas where we feel the country can withstand that cut that we will be making. We cannot ask the guy who is already suffering, who is marginalised, to take the pressure in terms of hardship. He must be given Government support more than any other group,” Dr Mitchell said.

Government’s September 2020 fiscal figures show that Current Revenue was EC$53.7 million which was EC$5.2 million lower than the target and EC$2.0 million lower than the collections for September 2019. Grants received in September 2020 amounted to EC$5.8 million which was EC$3.1 million lower than the amount received in September 2019.

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  1. John Thomas says:
    2 months ago

    Wow! These people have no self-respect and beyond redemption, and this get worse everyday. They took millions in loans, which we and our future generations will never be able to repay; they sold all our most valuable lands and assets including our airport to foreigners for peanuts; they are still selling our passports by the truckloads, and now they are they are talking about drop in revenue and budget cuts. What have they done with the monies they have been and continue to collect?

    It looks like Native Grenadians are on the fast track to the Pure Poor House, if it still exist, while this government speeds up its Pure replacement of Native Grenadians policy through Pure tricky. I am sure that Pure weed legalization will help with their Pure efforts to replace Native Grenadian while we are willingly distracted by Pure carnival, Pure rum, and Pure nonsensical things.

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  2. D Hart says:
    2 months ago

    Where are all the mllions both given and borrowed? You sure as hell didn’t give it to the average citizen of Grenada as promised. You made excuses and every barrier possible so that you kept the money for yourself. There is no transparency in the Dictatorship of Grenada. Stand up Grenada and ask WHERE IS THE MONEY???

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