A Royal Decree was issued here today on the State's General Budget for the Fiscal Year 1439/1440 AH, as follows: We, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, officially, decreed the following: First: Revenues of the state for the Fiscal Year 1439/1440 AH to be estimated and state expenditure to be approved, as follows: 1 - Revenues to be estimated at a sum of (SR783,000,000,000), or Seven hundred and eighty three billion Saudi Riyals. 2 - Expenditures to be approved at a sum of (SR978,000,000,000), or Nine hundred and seventy eight billion Saudi Riyals. 3 - The Deficit to be estimated at a sum of (SR195,000,000,000), or One hundred and ninety five billion Saudi Riyals. -- more 18:42 LOCAL TIME 15:42 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1700122
