Sancheong-gun Allocates 632.2 Billion Won for Next Year's Main Budget... Focus on Supporting Vulnerable Groups

Sancheong County Office, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 23rd that it has prepared the next year's main budget at 632.2 billion KRW and submitted it to the Sancheong-gun Council.

This amount is an increase of 26.5 billion KRW (4.37%) compared to this year's budget, aimed at implementing key policy tasks of the 8th local government term based on sound finances.

In particular, the budget was structured with a focus on supporting vulnerable groups, expanding agricultural infrastructure, and establishing a stable agricultural living foundation.

The general account was set at 585.9 billion KRW, an increase of 30.2 billion KRW (5.42%) from this year, while the special account decreased by 3.7 billion KRW (7.32%) to 46.3 billion KRW.

The budget size by major sectors is ▲Agriculture, Forestry, Marine, and Fisheries sector accounting for the largest portion at 159.9 billion KRW, followed by the social welfare sector at 112.3 billion KRW.

Also, ▲Environment sector 70.3 billion KRW ▲Culture and Tourism sector 43.6 billion KRW ▲Land and Regional Development sector 30.8 billion KRW ▲Transportation and Logistics sector 26.3 billion KRW.

By sector, the Agriculture, Forestry, Marine, and Fisheries budget includes 7.8 billion KRW for increasing farmers' income and supporting stable living, 8.5 billion KRW for establishing eco-friendly clean livestock production bases, 3.8 billion KRW for promoting rural vitality, and 1.8 billion KRW for forest resource cultivation and ecological conservation.

The social welfare sector allocated 8.0 billion KRW for basic living security for low-income groups, 6.5 billion KRW for the elderly and youth, 2.0 billion KRW for building welfare support infrastructure, and 1.2 billion KRW for customized welfare support and volunteer services.

The environment sector includes 4.3 billion KRW for promoting wide-area water source quality conservation projects, 3.7 billion KRW for village water supply management, 3.3 billion KRW for drinking water supply management, and 3.5 billion KRW for household waste management.

In the culture and tourism sector, 5.4 billion KRW was allocated for cultural tourism resource development projects and 3.3 billion KRW for expanding and managing cultural and artistic infrastructure.

The land and regional development sector includes 18.2 billion KRW for developing vulnerable areas, 16.0 billion KRW for agricultural infrastructure maintenance projects, 27.3 billion KRW for rural development projects, and 6.0 billion KRW for small stream maintenance.

The transportation and logistics sector allocated 19.0 billion KRW for road construction projects, 9.0 billion KRW for other road projects such as traffic facilities, and 4.5 billion KRW for financial support to the transportation industry.

County Governor Lee Seung-hwa said, “Despite difficult financial conditions due to worsening domestic and international economic circumstances, the budget was prepared focusing on projects that must be carried out,” adding, “We will devote all efforts to projects for the recovery of the people's economy and the future of the county.”

The next year's budget proposal submitted by Sancheong-gun will be presented at the 287th 2nd regular session of the Sancheong-gun Council, reviewed by the Budget and Accounts Special Committee, and is expected to be approved and finalized at the plenary session in December.

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