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Tibet's government-in-exile presents surplus budget
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Posted online: Friday, March 30, 2007 at 12:08:16 PM
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The Tibetan government-in-exile, not recognised by any government in the world, has presented a surplus budget for the next fiscal, providing 23 percent of its outlay for the promotion of the "Tibet issue".
"The budget approved by the Tibetan parliament-in-exile has an outlay of over Rs.804 million of which Rs.188 million for operating and special expenses," a spokesman of the Tibetan government said.
This will be for the second year in a row that the budget forecasts a surplus, this time of Rs.11.11 million.
"About 23 percent of the approved budget is appropriated for the promotion of the Tibetan issue, 28 percent for welfare services, 16 percent for education, 10 percent for health, 6 percent for religion and culture and 7 percent for others," said the spokesman.
"A quarter of the funds for the budget are sourced from the Dalai Lama, 22 percent from the Kashag or the Tibetan government-in-exile, while the 'green book' funds 30 percent, the finance department's share is 7 percent and 12 percent are administrative charges levied on aid."
The Dalai Lama along with thousands of his followers fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against the Chinese communist regime and established the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala town of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.
-- (IANS)
Source-IANS
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