The National Development Council says it plans to allocate an additional NT$210 billion budget to the government's coronavirus relief fund.
The cabinet is accepting an agreed reduction of NT$25.5 billion from the government's proposed 2021 budget after lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties reached a consensus on budgetary cuts during their ongoing negotiations.
The cabinet has approved the central government's proposed 2022 budget of NT$2.2391 trillion
Premier Su Zhen-chang is touting the record-high budget for national defence, education and raising birth rates next year
A legislative review of the 2025 central government budget remains stalled after opposition lawmakers demanded the Cabinet revise its spending plan.
Lawmakers remain deadlocked over the government's general budget for next year after another round of cross-party caucus negotiations broke down with little headway being made.
The cabinet has approved a NT$2.88 trillion central government general budget plan for next year.
Premier Su Tseng-chang has blamed the opposition KMT for DPP lawmakers' forcing the 2022 general budgetary plan through the legislative assembly yesterday
The cabinet has approved a proposed NT$3.33 trillion central government budget for 2025. The proposal includes the NT$3.13 trillion baseline budget and the NT$199.8 billion special budget.
Lawmakers remain deadlocked over the government's general budget for next year after another round of cross-party caucus negotiations broke down with no agreements being made.
The government is seeking to increase defence spending by 3.5% next year.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal to spend NT$1.34 billion for the cryptographic splitting of cloud-stored data from 18 key infrastructure management systems.
Lawmakers from the Legislative Internal Affairs Committee are moving to freeze some of the government's budget for the issuance of the new eID cards.
The cabinet has allocated an additional NT$4 billion annually for cancer screening. According to National Health Insurance Administration head Shih Chung-liang, the funding means that cancer screening programs covered by the NHI system will be expanded from next year.
An additional budget allocation from the cabinet is expected to help Taiwan Power Company cut its significant deficits to NT$9.3 billion (US$287 million) in 2024.
Taiwan's cabinet has approved a proposal to allocate an additional NT$160 billion in funding for coronavirus relief and prevention.
Premier Chuo Rong-tai has warned that the central budget impasse may halt a 3% pay raise for civil servants next year, as well as key defence projects.