$10.41 billion dinar budget for Tunisia in 2000

Tunisian economic sources said yesterday that the general budget of the state for the year 2000 reached 10.41 billion dinars.

A statement of the Tunisian Ministry of Finance said the general budget for the coming year will give priority to the social sectors, for which 61% of the general expanses will be specified, especially in the fields of education, health, scientific research, culture and vocational training.

Moreover, the statement said increases in salaries of employees of the state, which are estimated at 100 million dinars for the coming year, are taken into consideration, as well as confronting unemployment and supporting rural development.