1392-Quarterly Fiscal Bulletin 2

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Fiscal Policy Directorate
QUARTERLY FISCAL BULLETIN

Quarter 2, 1392
Foreword and Acknowledgement
A budget is the policy instrument of a nation that provides a stable macroeconomic framework, guides the
collection and mobilization of public revenues, and ensures that these resources are expended prudently to meet
the policy priorities. Fiscal policy plays a pivotal role in a budget and serves as a tool to achieve economic and
social objectives. From a macroeconomic perspective, one of the central insights from research on developing
countries is that prudent fiscal policy is essential for reducing poverty and improving social outcomes.
Just as the design of robust fiscal policy is important, the openness of fiscal data is equally important. In line
with the Governments commitment to more transparency, bridging the information gap between various
stakeholders has been one of our top priorities and our latest Open Budget Index (2012) score is a testimony to
our efforts. This bulletin presents an assessment of our public finances in the first quarter of fiscal year 1392.
This edition of the bulletin highlights detailed assessments of recent fiscal and budgetary developments,
including trends in domestic revenue and expenditures performance, transactions related to the acquisition of
non-financial assets and the budget balance. The bulletin also provides a snapshot of the budget execution rates
during the reporting period whilst section five includes an interesting article on Importance of Agriculture in
Economic Development of Afghanistan.
I would like to commend the Fiscal Policy Directorate for preparing this very important bulletin. I would also
like to extend my appreciation to Budget, Revenue and Treasury departments as well as individual colleagues
for their input and support. We would very much welcome any comment or suggestion about this bulletin.
Please provide your comments to Mr. Hafizullah Momandi ([email protected]). It will soon be available on
the website (www.budgetmof.gov.af).
Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor

Deputy Minister for Finance, Ministry of Finance
www.budgetmof.gov.af
www.mof.gov.af
The material in this publication may be freely quoted and reprinted with acknowledgement
Quarterly Fiscal Bulletin, Quarter 2, 1392
CONTENTS
1 SUMMARY OF FIRST QUARTER DEVELOPMENTS ................................................................. 3

1.1 Overall fiscal position....................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Domestic Revenues and Grants ........................................................................................................ 4
1.3 Expenditures ..................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 Fiscal sustainability .......................................................................................................................... 5
2 CORE BUDGET REVENUES ............................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Domestic Revenues .......................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Provincial Distribution of Revenues ................................................................................................ 8
2.3 Tax revenues ..................................................................................................................................... 8
2.4 Customs duties and import taxes ...................................................................................................... 9
2.5 Non-tax revenues ............................................................................................................................ 10
2.6 Social Contributions ....................................................................................................................... 11
2.7 Domestic Revenues by Collection Agency .................................................................................... 12
2.8 Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 12
3 CORE BUDGET EXPENDITURES .................................................................................................. 15
3.1 Overview of Core Budget and Expenditures .................................................................................. 15
3.2 Operating Budget by Economic Category ...................................................................................... 16
3.3 Operating Budget by ANDS Sector and Ministry .......................................................................... 17
3.4 Development Budget by Economic Category ................................................................................ 19
3.5 Development Budget by ANDS Sector and Ministry .................................................................... 20
4 FINANCING OF THE CORE BUDGET .......................................................................................... 23
4.1 Public Sector Borrowing Requirement ........................................................................................... 23
4.2 Treasury Single Account ................................................................................................................ 23
5 Importance of Agriculture in Economic Development of Afghanistan .......................................... 24
6 Tables .................................................................................................................................................... 28
7 Glossary ................................................................................................................................................ 42
1 SUMMARY OF FIRST QUARTER DEVELOPMENTS
Table 1.1 Budget Summary

1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to 1392 Budge t 1392 Y T D a s
1391 Y T D % of
Code In millions of Afgha nis Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 R e ve nue or T a rge ts/
Actua l Actua l P re lim P re lim P re lim Cha nge % (+/ -) E xpe nditure Budge t
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D T a rge t
OP E R AT IN G BU D GE T
R e ve nue s 54,716.9 103,601.6 52,266.0 52,744.4 105,010.4 1,408.8 1.4 210,228.8 50.0
Domestic Revenues (1) 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 123,000.0 39.0
Operating Grants 29,173.6 52,673.5 29,941.9 27,081.6 57,023.5 4,350.0 8.3 87,228.8 65.4
E xpe nditure s 44,526.3 75,362.2 34,003.9 48,045.7 82,049.6 6,687.4 8.9 196,327.0 41.8
Budge t Ba la nce
Including Grants 10,190.5 28,239.4 18,262.1 4,698.7 22,960.8 -5,278.6 -18.7 13,901.8
Excluding Grants -18,983.1 -24,434.0 -11,679.7 -22,382.9 -34,062.7 -9,628.6 39.4 -73,327.0
Fisca l susta ina bility indica tor (% ) (2) 57.4 67.6 65.7 53.4 58.5 -9.1 -13.5 62.7
D E V E LOP M E N T BU D GE T
Gra nts (3) 10,450.8 15,423.6 6,614.9 7,857.8 14,472.8 -950.8 -6.2 121,921.6 N/A
E xpe nditure s 19,276.1 26,834.0 7,299.4 16,364.8 23,664.3 -3,169.7 -11.8 157,750.1 15.0
Discretionary Budget 5,217.7 7,285.4 875.5 4,394.9 5,270.4 -2,015.0 -27.7 45,479.7 11.6
Non-discretionary Budget 14,058.3 19,548.5 6,424.0 11,969.9 18,393.9 -1,154.7 -5.9 112,270.3 16.4
Budge t Ba la nce (3) -8,825.3 -11,410.4 -684.5 -8,507.0 -9,191.5 2,218.9 -19.4 -35,828.4
IN T E GR AT E D BU D GE T
R e ve nue s (3) 65,167.7 119,025.2 58,880.9 60,602.2 119,483.1 457.9 0.4 332,150.4 N/A
Domestic Revenues 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 123,000.0 39.0
Grants (3) 39,624.4 68,097.0 36,556.8 34,939.4 71,496.2 3,399.2 5.0 209,150.4
E xpe nditure s 63,802.4 102,196.2 41,303.3 64,410.5 105,713.8 3,517.7 3.4 354,077.1 29.9
Ba la nce s
Excluding Grants -38,259.2 -51,268.0 -18,979.2 -38,747.7 -57,726.9 -6,458.9 12.6 -231,077.1
Including Grants (3) 1,365.2 16,829.0 17,577.6 -3,808.3 13,769.3 -3,059.7 -18.2 -21,926.7
Fina ncing 0.0
Balance Including Grants 1,365.2 16,829.0 17,577.6 -3,808.3 13,769.3 -3,059.7 -18.2
Sale of Land and Buildings 57.8 156.1 13.2 11.7 25.0 -131.1 -84.0
Sale of State Owned Enterprises 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
Le nding/ Borrowing 1,423.1 16,985.1 17,590.9 -3,796.6 13,794.3 -3,190.8 -18.8
Source: FPD using AFMIS data downloaded on the 4 August 2013
1. In the published budget document, Afs 7.5 billion in domestic revenues are allocated to the development budget in 1392. In order to ensure comparability with actuals, all domestic
revenues shown under the development budget in the published budget document have been re-allocated to the operating budget in the above table.
2. Fiscal sustainability is measured as domestic revenues as a percentage of operating budget expenditures
3. Actual figures are not comparable to the development/integrated budget grants or balances shown in budget documentation, as grants/balance in budget documentation also
includes loans. Loans are shown as a financing item in the above table.
1.1 Overall fiscal position

Core budget balance for the second quarter of 1392
including grants stood at surplus of Afs 13.7 billion
(16.8 billion Afs Q2 of 1391) while excluding grants Figure 1.1 Budget balances (Afs billion)
the core budget balance was at deficit of Afs 57.7 40,000
Operating Budget Balance YTD
billion (51.2 billion Afs Q2 of 1391). Devlopment Budget Balance YTD
Core Budget Balance YTD 30,000
The operating budget balance including grants during
20,000
the Q2 of 1392 was at surplus of Afs 22.9 billion ( Afs
28 billion Q2 of 1391) and excluding grants the budget 10,000
balance was at deficit of Afs 34 billion ( Afs 24 billion
0
Q2 of 1391). The development budget balance for the Q1 1391 Q2 Q3 Q1 1392 Q2
same period stood at a deficit of Afs 9.1 billion. -10,000
The fiscal sustainability indicator decreased from 65.7 -20,000

percent in Q1 of 1392 to 53.4 percent in Q2 of 1392
-30,000
due to slower than projected revenue growth.
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1.2 Domestic Revenues and Grants
Figure 1.2 Total Domestic Revenues
Domestic Revenues
Total Domestic Targets
123,000
Total domestic revenue collected in the Q2 of 1392 Revenue 110,700
were Afs 48 billion compared to Afs 50.9 billion Afs (Afs million)
98,400
in second quarter of 1391, missing the quarterly
86,100
target of Afs 55.3 billion by almost Afs 7 billion 75,850
mainly attributed to lower economic activities and 65,600
lower taxable imports. Tax revenues decreased by 55,350
45,920
4.9 percent and custom duties decreased by 11.3 47,987
36,490 39,659
percent whereas non-tax revenues decreased by 18 27,060 30,654
percent compared to the same period of 1391. 18,040
22,324 Actual Collections
9,020
13,519
AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
6,885
Grants Figure 1.3 - Grant revenues

Total grants receipts to government budget in first two Donor Grants (Afs billion)
quarters of of 1392 were Afs 71.5 billion of which 1391 YTD 1392 YTD
operating grants were Afs 57 billion and development
grants were Afs 14.5 billion showing an increase of 8.3 57.0
percent for operating grants and a decrease of 6 percent 52.7
in development grants when compared to second

quarter of FY 1391. The total grants receipt makes
15.4 14.5
Operating Grants Development Grants

1.3 Expenditures
Total core budget for FY 1392 was Afs 354 billion - Afs 196 billion is operating budget and Afs 157 billion is
allocated to development budget. Total core expeditures by the end of Q2 of 1392 were Afs 105.7 billion or 30
percent of the total budget target showing an increase of 3.4 percent over last years Q2 expenditures.
Expenditures for operating budget were Afs 82 billion and for development budget were Afs 23 billion during
Q2 of 1392 showing 9 percent increase in operating expenditures and 11 percent decrease in development
expenditures when compared to Q2 of 1391.
Operating Budget
Total operating expenditures for Q2 of 1392 were Afs 82 billion or 41 percent of the total operating budget target
of 196 billion Afs an increase of 9 percent over Q2 of 1391. Large share of the operating expenditures are
directed to wages and salaries of civil servants and has continuously expanded during the last years due to
reforms and increase in Tashkeel. With current execution rate of 41 percent for operating budget, it is projected
that around 95 percent of operating budget will be spent by the end of Q4 1392.
Development Budget
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For Q2 FY 1392 total development expenditures were Afs 23 billion showing 11.8 percent decrease comparing
to the same period of 1391.The decrease in expenditures occurred both for discretionary 27.7 percent and non-
discretionary 6 percent comparing to Q2 of 1391. In terms of spending against total development budget target
only 15 percent was spent by the end of Q2 of 1392. Given the currrend execution trend, it is assumed that the
development budget execution rate would be around 45 percent by the end of Q4.
Figure 1.4 Operating Budget Figure 1.5 Development Budget

160,141
Operating Budget Budget Target Development Budget targets 146,995

(including supplementary budget and
Expenditure 196,327 Budget Expenditure carry-forward) 133,849
179,966 (Afs million) 120,703

(Afs Million) 163,606
107,557 115,497
147,245 106,071
94,411
130,885 96,646
81,266 87,220
114,524
98,164 68,120
77,795 Budget target
68,369 (excluding carry-forward)
81,803 1391 Expenditure 54,974
58,944
65,442 82,050 49,518
49,082 67,927
32,266 40,093 1391 Expenditure
32,721 52,558 19,120
21,105
16,361 34,004 23,664 Actual Expenditure
Actual Expenditure 5,974 11,679 18,023 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
15,223 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013 2,254 12,309
1,340 7 322 7,299
decreasing trend. In case, the revenues growth is

1.4 Fiscal sustainability
slower than projected for the rest of FY 1392, fiscal
In Afghanistans context, fiscal sustainability is sustainility indicator is assumed to show further
defined as total operating expenditures being covered downward movement.
/ financed by total domestic revenues. Fiscal
sustainability has remained to be one of the key Fiscal Figure 1.6 Fiscal sustainability: Domestic revenues as a
objectives of the Government and IMFs proposed percentage of Operating Expenditures
new economic program, the Extended Credit Facility. 120%
Withdrawal of International forces and the transition 100%
Quarter Year to date

in 2014 has an impact on the economic growth 80%
lowering econoimc activities and taxable imports

60%
causing lower than projected revenues collection for
FY 2013. Lower revenues has affected the Fiscal 40%
sustianability indicator which has move downward 20%

from 65.7 percent in Q1 of 1392 to 58.5 percent in Q2
of 1392. While comparing to the same period of 1391, Q1 1390 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 1391 Q2 Q3 Q1 1392 Q2
0%
the Fiscal sustainality indicator is down by almost 9

percent from 67.5 percent to 58.5 percent showing a

2 CORE BUDGET REVENUES
Table 2.1 1392 Q2 revenues

1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to Y T D T a rge t Annua l %
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 1391 Y T D 1392 T a rge t - T a rge t (2) Annua l
Code (In millions of Afghanis) Actua l Actua l P re lim P re lim P re lim Qtr 2 Actua l T a rge t
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Cha nge % Incre a se YT D % (+/ -)
COR E BU D GE T
1 R E V E N U E S including gra nts (1) 65,167.7 119,025.2 58,880.9 60,602.2 119,483.1 457.9 0.4
1-19 R E V E N U E S e xcluding gra nts 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 55,350.0 -13.3 123,000.0 39.0
D OME S T IC R E V E N U E S (2) (3) 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 55,350.0 -13.3 123,000.0 39.0
11 T a x R e ve nue s 13,083.7 24,396.2 11,420.3 11,786.3 23,206.5 -1,189.7 -4.9 25,537.3 -9.1 56,749.5 40.9
111 Fixed Taxes 2,706.9 5,259.7 2,552.0 2,635.5 5,187.5 -72.2 -1.4 5,565.4 -6.8 12,367.6 41.9
112 Income Taxes 4,376.4 7,977.9 3,995.5 3,844.3 7,839.8 -138.1 -1.7 8,072.5 -2.9 17,938.9 43.7
113 Property Taxes 62.4 162.2 71.4 68.9 140.3 -21.8 -13.5 179.0 -21.6 397.7 35.3
114 Sales Taxes 5,425.3 9,705.1 3,789.0 4,046.7 7,835.7 -1,869.4 -19.3 10,211.6 -23.3 22,692.3 34.5
116 Other Taxes 404.0 1,091.5 842.9 1,022.9 1,865.8 774.3 70.9 1,245.9 49.8 2,768.7 67.4
117 Tax Penalties and Fines 108.7 199.8 169.5 167.9 337.4 137.6 68.9 262.9 28.4 584.2 57.8
12 Customs D uty, Import T a xe s 7,080.9 14,283.0 6,388.6 6,283.2 12,671.8 -1,611.2 -11.3 15,699.4 -19.3 34,887.4 36.3
13 N on T a x R e ve nue 4,203.1 10,459.8 3,992.0 4,527.4 8,519.4 -1,940.3 -18.6 11,756.5 -27.5 26,125.5 32.6
131 Income from Capital Property 74.2 2,655.7 123.4 256.8 380.2 -2,275.5 -85.7 1,764.4 -78.5 3,921.0 9.7
132 Sales of Goods and Services 1,914.0 3,104.2 1,393.9 1,169.2 2,563.1 -541.1 -17.4 4,733.3 -45.8 10,518.4 24.4
133 Administrative Fees 1,968.1 4,184.3 2,179.1 2,721.6 4,900.7 716.3 17.1 4,699.2 4.3 10,442.6 46.9
134 Royalties 62.7 138.8 63.2 77.0 140.2 1.4 1.0 141.3 -0.8 314.0 44.6
135 Non Tax Fines and Penalties 143.0 277.1 108.4 121.0 229.4 -47.7 -17.2 324.0 -29.2 720.0 31.9
136 Extractive Industry 41.1 99.6 124.1 181.7 305.8 206.3 207.2 94.3 224.3 209.6 145.9
14 Misce lla ne ous R e ve nue 262.7 280.0 -209.9 2,332.0 2,122.1 1,842.1 657.9 661.6 220.7 1,470.3 144.3
17 S ocia l Contributions 912.8 1,509.2 733.1 733.9 1,467.0 -42.2 -2.8 1,695.3 -13.5 3,767.3 38.9
GR AN T S (1) 39,624.4 68,097.0 36,556.8 34,939.4 71,496.2 3,399.2 5.0

191 Foreign Governments 32,194.3 55,856.5 29,941.9 27,081.6 57,023.5 1,167.0 2.1
192 International Organisation 7,422.7 12,230.1 6,614.9 7,857.8 14,472.8 2,242.6 18.3
193 Other Government Units 7.4 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -10.5 -100.0
T OT AL OP E R AT IN G BU D GE T R E V E N U E 54,716.9 103,601.6 52,266.0 52,744.4 105,010.4 1,408.8 1.4 210,228.8 50.0

Domestic Revenues 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 55,350.0 -13.3 123,000.0 39.0
as percentage of total 46.7 49.2 42.7 48.7 45.7 -208.8
External Grant Support 29,173.6 52,673.5 29,941.9 27,081.6 57,023.5 4,350.0 8.3 87,228.8 65.4
as percentage of total 53.3 50.8 57.3 51.3 54.3 308.8
1. Actual figures are not comparable to the development/ integrated budget grants or balances shown in budget documentation, as grants/ balance in budget documentation also includes loans. Loans are shown as a financing item in above
table.
2. Revenues exclude proceeds from the sale of fixed assets (150), and loans (18). These items are included under financing.
3. In the published budget document, Afs 13.9 billion in domestic revenues are allocated to the development budget in 1392. In order to ensure comparability with actuals, all domestic revenues shown under the development
budget in the published budget document have been re-allocated to the operating budget in the above table.
The quarterly breakdown of the total revenue target

2.1 Domestic Revenues is based on the quarterly distribution of actual
domestic revenues over recent years. It is assumed
that 22% of annual revenues will be collected in Q1,
Total revised revenue target for fiscal year 1392 is
23% in Q2, 25% in Q3 and 31% in Q4. Considering
Afs 114 billion or 10.4 percent of GDP. Whereas the
this, the actual revenue collection over the first and
quarterly target was agreed at Afs 55.4 billion,
second quarter was below the target by Afs 7.4
which was 13 percent higher than the actual
billion that accounts for 6.5 percent of the annual
collection in the second quarter of Afs 48 billion.
target.
This shows that only 39 pecent of the annual target
During the 2nd quarter of 1392, the total amount of Afs
has been attained.
25.7 billion (or 9.4 percent of GDP) was collected this is
The composition of revenue items in 1392 remains
higher in monetary term compared to the actual
the same as in 1391, however, for 1392 a new minor
collection of Afs 25.5 billion at the same period last
code is added (136 Extractive Industries) into non-
year. But lower as a percentage of GDP, which is a good
tax revenue for revenue for mining sector.
indicator for a decline in the revenue performance.

Based on the year to date, around Afs 48 billion (or 17.5
percent of GDP) were collected. Which is 5.8 percent
lower as compare to the actual collection of Afs 50.9 Figure 2.1 Domestic Revenues (1392 vs 1391 YTD)
billion till the end of the 2nd quarter in 1391. The Domestic Revenue (Afs billion)
decline in revenue collection is from the tax revenue by 1391 YTD 1392 YTD 1392 YTD Target
9.1 percent, customs duties by 11 percent and non-tax 24.4

25.5
revenue by 18.6 percent, though the revenue from the 23.2
miscellaneous codes has slightly increased.

15.7
14.3
12.7
11.8
10.5
8.5
3.6
2.4
1.8
Tax Revenues Customs Duty, Import Non Tax Revenue Social Contributions and
Taxes Miscellaneous

2.2 Provincial Distribution of Revenues
Table 2.2 1392 Provincial Revenues

T ota l Re ve nue s T a xa tion Re ve nue s Customs Dutie s Non T a x Re ve nue s Othe r Re ve nue s
1391 1392 % 1391 1392 1391 1392 1391 1392 1391 1392
In millions of Afgha nis Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Incre a se Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2
Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim
YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D
T OT AL REVENUE 50,928.2 47,986.9 -5.8 24,396.2 23,206.5 14,283.0 12,671.8 10,459.8 8,519.4 1,789.2 3,589.2
T ota l Province s 28,114.9 28,955.2 3.0 10,860.3 10,169.2 13,241.1 11,957.0 3,053.8 3,875.6 959.7 2,953.4
Nangarhar 5,393.6 5,604.3 3.9 2,194.8 2,232.1 2,801.1 2,894.9 307.7 369.2 90.1 108.1
Balkh 5,001.6 3,545.0 -29.1 1,850.6 1,311.6 2,590.0 1,534.3 392.4 537.0 168.6 162.1
Kandahar 806.3 1,413.0 75.3 357.6 643.1 285.2 524.6 118.8 166.6 44.6 78.6
Herat 8,845.8 8,514.3 -3.7 3,182.8 2,897.2 4,764.5 4,221.8 777.4 1,142.1 121.1 253.2
Nimroz 2,338.1 2,485.8 6.3 963.2 809.7 1,261.1 1,054.2 212.3 256.9 -98.6 365.1
Other Provinces 5,729.5 7,392.9 29.0 2,311.2 2,275.5 1,539.2 1,727.3 1,245.2 1,403.9 633.8 1,986.2
Ce ntra l Ministrie s 22,813.3 19,031.7 -16.6 13,535.8 13,037.3 1,041.9 714.8 7,406.0 4,643.8 829.6 635.8
Table 2.2 shows revenue collections by category based on location classification (Provinces and Line Ministries).
The total YTD revenue collection by all provinces were Afs 28.9 billion compared to Afs 28.1 billion collected
in 1391. This shows an increase of 2.8 percent. Whereas the central ministries collected Afs 19.0 billion until 2nd
quarter of 1392 which shows a decline in the revenue collection by 16 percent than the actual collection of Afs
22.8 billion at the same period in 1391. The contributions of provinces were higher by 3 percent, and were
mainly from Kandahar that increased by 75.3 percent, Nimroz by 6.3 percent and Nangarhar by 3.9, while the
revenue for Balkh and Herat declined.
Taxation Category: Total YTD tax revenue of Afs 10.1billion were collected by the provinces until the 2nd
quarter of 1392, lower than the actual collection of Afs 10.8 billion (or decline of 6.9 percent) as compare to
the same period of collection of 1391. Similarly, the YTD tax collection of the central ministries has slightly
decreased from Afs 13.5 billion in 1391 to Afs 13.0 billion in 1392.
Custom duties: The provincial collection of the YDT custom duties was Afs 11.9 billion; this was lower
than the actual revenue collection of Afs 13.2 billion in 1391 by 10.9 percent.
Non-Tax Revenues: The YTD non-tax revenue has declined significantly to Afs 8.5 billion, the decline of
Afs 2 billion from the 1391 same period was mainly from the decline in the non-tax revenue of the central
ministries.
shows a decline of Afs 1.2 billion or 4.9 percent

2.3 Tax revenues
collected at the same period in 1391.
Tax revenue consists of fixed taxes, income taxes,
property taxes, sales taxes, other taxes and tax The decline was from the fixed tax and sales tax
penalties and fines. Tax revenue is one main category of the tax revenue, income and sales tax
contributor item in to domestic revenue. Total tax and the other tax categories are the major contributor
revenue of Afs 23.2 billion (or 8.5 percent of GDP) to domestic revenue, on the YTD Afs 7.8 billion was
was collected in the 2nd quarter of 1392, which collected as an income tax, this is 1.7 percent lower
than the actual income tax collected at the same
period in 1391. Total sales taxes of Afs 3.7 billion Figure 2.2 - Tax revenues, Afs billion
were collected in the 2nd quarter of 1392. On the Targets
YTD bases, its 19.3 percent lower than the sales tax Taxation Revenue 51,075
56,749
collection of the same period in 1391. (Afs million)

45,400
Sales tax revenue from Business receipt tax (BRT) on 39,725
the private entities decreased in the second quarter by 34,996
Afs 465 million or 22.2 percent over Afs 2.1 billion 30,266
collected during the same period in 1391 (as given by 25,537

23,207
21,186
below table). Meanwhile, BRT on import and BRT on 20,180
16,836
services had also decreased by 4.1 percent and 54.2 12,485 15,838
percent respectively. 8,323 11,420 Actual collections
4,162
3,697 6,944 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
Major increases in Specific Tax Revenues

1391 1392
Difference
Main Components of Tax Revenues 2nd Quarter 2nd Quarter % Increase
All Values in million Afghanis
Imports by Licensed Business (Fixed Taxes) 2,075 2,030 (45) -2.2%
Employees Salaries & Wages (Income Taxes) 2,330 2,246 (84) -3.6%
2% BRT on Imports (Sales Taxes) 2,123 2,035 (88) -4.1%
BRT on Services 10 % (Sales Taxes) 1,203 551 (652) -54.2%
Receipts Pvt Entities 2% BRT (Sales Taxes) 2,098 1,633 (465) -22.2%
2.4 Customs duties and import taxes

Total of Afs 6.3 billion (or 23 percent of GDP) was collected as customs duties that accounted for 24.5 percent of
the total domestic revenues in the 2nd quarter of 1392, lower as compared to custom duties of Afs 7.1 billion
collected during the same period in 1391. Over the last two quarters, revenue from custom duties has largely
declined compared to customs collection in previous year. On year to date, custom duties of Afs 12.7 billion
were collected till the end of the second quarter. This shows a reduction of around 11.3 percent compared to the
total collection of Afs 14.3 billion at the same time in 1391. The main reasons given for this reduction was poor
performance by administration, and also overall decline in imported goods at various custom offices. In addition,
ban on vehicles (with 10 year old), decline in demand for certain imported goods (mainly luxury goods) and
decline in imports for construction materials and others due to uncertainty involving transition in 2014 were
some other causes for duties reduction. Almost 83% of the customs revenues come from the major custom
offices in five provinces (Herat, Nangarhar, Balkh, Kandahar, Nimroz) and the remaining 17 percent is collected
from the line ministries and other custom offices in the country.
Herat customs office collected Afs 2.2 billion in the second quarter of 1392 compared to Afs 2.3 billion
collected in the same period 1391; this was 85 percent of the total quarterly target to be collected by
Herat custom offices. However, the decline in custom duties was partially attributed to the ban on old-
model vehicles that were imported via Herat customs.

Nangarhar customs office collected Afs 1.4 billion of custom duties compared to Afs 1.3 billion (same
amount) during the same period in 1391; while the collection was about 89 percent of the quarterly target
of Afs 1.6 billion.
Balkh customs office collected Afs 0.8 billion, while its duties collection was Afs 1.2 billion at the same
period in 1391. The custom duties also fell behind its quarterly target of Afs 1.1 billion by 32 percent.
Kandahar customs collected Afs 304.7 million, while its duties collection was Afs 213.3 billion at the
same period in 1391. The collection is increase both the actual collection in 2nd quarter of 1391 and the
quarterly target by 42.8 percent and 9.5 percent respectively.
Nimroz customs office collected Afs 454.7 million of custom duties which is lower compared to Afs
634.7 million collected at the same period in 1391 missing the quarterly target by 30 percent.
In view of poor performance by custom offices, the Government has taken remedial measures in order to
improve custom collection for the current year as well as years to come. As this underperformance by custom
will have negative impact on the overall good performance by revenue (had a positive trend over the past years),
and it will also undermine the Governmens initiative to mobilize more domestic recourses for financing its
overall expenditures (in particular recurrent expenditures) to achieve fiscal sustainability.
Figure 2.4 - Customs revenues in 'top 5' provinces, Q2

Figure 2.3 Custom duties Balkh; 767.2m
collected, 1124.3m
Customs Revenue Targets
34,887
target (68%)
(Afs million) 31,399
Herat; 2185.6m
27,910 collected,
2581.6m target Nangarhar;
24,421
(85%) 1425.1m
21,514
collected,
18,607 1594.8m target
15,699 Nimroz; 454.7m Kandahar; (89%)
13,025 collected, 304.7m collected,
12,672 651.6m target
10,350 278.3m target
10,830 (70%)
7,675 (109%)
5,117 8,236 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
2,558 6,389 Actual collections
4,135 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
2,113
2.5 Non-tax revenues

Non-tax revenues consist of income from capital property, sales of goods and services, administrative fees, royalties
and non-tax penalties and fines. In the 2nd quarter of 1392, total non-tax revenue collection was around Afs 4.5
billion (or 1.6 percent of GDP) 7 percent higher as compared to Afs 4.2 billion collected during the same time in the
previous year. However, on year to date basis the non-tax revenue collection was around Afs 8.5 billion, which was
lower by Afs 1.9 billion (or decreased by 18.6 percent) compare to the actual of Afs 10.5 billion for the same period
in 1391. The main contributors of non- tax revenues were sales of goods and services that collected Afs 1.2 billion (or
decrease of 17.4 percent) compared to Afs 1.9 billion at the same period in 1391.
Figure 2.5 Non-tax revenues, Afs millions Figure 2.6 Social Contribution receipts, Afs millions
Non-tax Revenue Targets Social Security Targets

3,391
3,767
(Afs million)
23,513
26,126
Revenue 3,014
20,900 (Afs million) 2,637

2,323
18,288
16,111 2,009
13,934
1,695
11,756
9,754 1,406 1,467
7,751 1,118 1,305
8,519 1,013
5,748 829
7,129 733
3,832 5,564 553
1,916 3,992 Actual collections
2,481 Actual collections AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013 276 272 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
1,233 1
2.6 Social Contributions

Social contributions include government employees contributions for retirement and pension payments to fund the
well being of retired employees. Revenue collected from the social contribution is Afs 734 million (or 0.3 percent of
GDP) in the 2nd quarter of 1392; this shows 19.6 percent decline over Afs 913 million collected during the same
period in 1391. While for the YTD, total amount of Afs 1.4 billion collected 2.8 percent lower as compared to Afs 1.5
billion for actual YTD Q2 1391. As given by Pension Regulation, there has to be a separate pool of funds for social
contribution that will help a lot in bringing stability in the new pension scheme, this is done through keeping the
surpluses built up (and saved) in earlier years in order to make them available to fund pension expenditure in the later
years. The social contribution system is on pay as you go basis, it means that the surpluses which are built up in the
early years are exhausted (not saved); the Government will be required to pay additional payments for the future
years.

2.7 Domestic Revenues by Collection Agency
Table 2.3 1392 Reveneus by Collection Agency
T ota l R e ve nue s T a xa tion R e ve nue s Customs D utie s N on T a x R e ve nue s Othe r R e ve nue s
1391 1392 % 1391 1392 1391 1392 1391 1392 1391 1392
In millions of Afgha nis Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Incre a se Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2
Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim Actua l Pre lim
YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D
11 T OT AL R EVEN U E 50,928.2 47,986.9 -5.8 24,396.2 23,206.5 14,283.0 12,671.8 10,459.8 8,519.4 1,789.2 3,589.2
Ministry of Fina nce 35,893.5 38,985.9 8.6 19,227.6 22,341.1 14,283.0 12,671.8 1,558.1 1,345.2 824.8 2,627.7
Mustofiats (1) 3,828.5 4,048.0 5.7 1,831.5 1,502.2 0.0 0.0 1,186.8 214.3 810.3 2,331.5
Customs (1) 19,049.4 21,356.7 12.1 4,438.1 7,413.8 14,283.0 12,671.8 314.8 1,104.3 13.5 166.8
Large Taxpayer Office (LTO) 8,129.1 7,501.4 -7.7 8,123.6 7,500.6 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.8 0.8
Medium Taxpayer Office 4,886.5 5,358.4 9.7 4,834.4 5,337.3 0.0 0.0 51.9 21.1 0.2 -0.0
Small Taxpayer Office 0.0 721.4 0.0 0.0 587.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 128.7
Other Ministry of Finance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total taxation collections by ARD (2) 19,958.0 15,792.7

Total LTO collections as % of total taxation collections by ARD 40.7 47.5
Othe r Ministrie s 15,034.7 9,001.1 -40.1 5,168.5 865.4 0.0 0.0 8,901.7 7,174.2 964.4 961.4
Ministry of Transport and Aviation 2,055.3 2,059.8 0.2 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 2,055.0 2,057.3 0.2 0.0
Ministry of Interior 1,372.2 1,573.8 14.7 732.7 621.7 0.0 0.0 638.6 939.9 1.0 12.3
Ministry of Communication 802.9 924.8 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 802.8 923.3 0.1 1.5
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 790.6 521.9 -34.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 789.7 520.3 1.0 1.6
Ministry of Martyrs, Disabled and Social Affairs 848.5 956.1 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 91.4 107.9 757.1 848.2
Other Budgetary Units 4,640.8 174.7 -96.2 4,435.9 115.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 205.0 58.8
(1) All revenue collections for Object codes 11106,11107,11109,11110,11404,12000-12007,13331,13348 have been reallocated to the Customs office given these revenues are collected at the border, however in AFMIS these
revenues are sometimes allocated under Mustofiats.
(2) Afghanistan Revenue Department taxation revenues (ARD) are measured as total taxation revenues minus Customs Office taxation revenues
Total YTD revenue collection by the Ministry of Finance was Afs 38.9 billion ( 81 percent of total collected
revenues) this shows 8.6 percent increase compared to Afs 35.9 billion collected at the same period in 1391. Revenue
collection by Customs offices and Mustofiats has increased during this period, and it shows a reduction by 12.1
percent and 5.7 percent respectively as compared to the previous years level, however, similarly, Medium Tax
Payers Office (MTO) contributed significantly that accounted for 13.9 percent of the total revenue and about 9.7
percent increases over actual collection for YTD Q2 1391, but the Large Taxpayers office collected Afs 7.5 billion at
about 7.7 percent less than the actual collection of Afs 8.1 billion at the same period in 1391. Most of the increases in
the ministry of finance revenue come from the customs offices, Medium taxpayer office by Afs 2.4 billion and Afs 0.5
billion respectively.
Total YTD revenue by Other Ministries were Afs 9 billion, and it shows a decline of 40 percent over Afs 15 billion
collected during the same period in 1391. Large decrease comes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that mainly
contributed to Non tax category and to the collection of the Other Budgetary Units by Afs 4.4 billion or 96.2 percent
over Afs 4.6 billion collected the same period in 1391.
2.8 Grants
Donor support cover a big chunk of the National Budget. Donor grants finance major expenditures items in the
operating budget, particularly security related expenditures with almost all the development budget is donor
financed. In addition, a small proportion of the development budget is also financed through concessional loans
and some domestic resources.

Total year-to-date core budget grants by the end of second quarter 1392 was Afs 71.5 billion which is almost 60
percent of total revenues, an increase of 3.5 billion Afs, when compared to Afs 68.0 billion over the same period in
the 1391.
Operating Grants
Government over the past few years is working hard to boost up domestic revenue to cover government operating
budget from domestic resources and acchieve fiscal sustainability. However, donor grants still played a key role to
finance and contribute to operating budget during fiscal year 1392.
Total operating grants receipts disbursed during second quarter of 1392 were Afs 27.1 billion, which shows Afs 5
billion decrease in operating grants receips when compared to the same period in 1391 (Afs 32.2 billion), the main
contributors for operating grants are ARTF, Afs 7.3 billion, LOTFA, Afs 9.7 billion, CSTC-A for Ministry of
Defence Afs 6.3 billion and CSTC-A for Ministry of Interior Afs 3.8 billion.
Figure 2.7 - Operating grant revenues, Afs billions Table 2.4 - Operating grants, Afs millions
1391 1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392
Total Operating All Values are in Million Afs Qtr 2
Qtr
Qtr 2 % of Total Qtr 1
YTD Qtr
Qtr 2
Qtr
Qtr 2 % of Total
YTD
Grants Revenue 1391 grant receipts
65,715 10001 Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) 5,178 10,244 19% 1,161 7,256 8,417 15%
65,622
57,023
57,023 52,673 10002 Law & Order Trust Fund (LOTFA) 9,436 12,994 25% 5,106 9,684 14,790 26%
1392 grants receipts
41,080
42,765 10004 Combined Security Transitional Command Afghanistan (CSTC-A) MoD 10,936 25,034 48% 18,019 6,279 24,298 43%
29,496 29,942 29,836 10005 Combined Security Transitional Command Afghanistan (CSTC-A) MoI 3,603 4,380 8% 5,211 3,836 9,047 16%
29,496
23,500
16,428
Development Grants
Total development grants receipts during second quarter 1392 was about Afs 8.0 billion, this is slightly
higher compared to second quarter of 1391 where the grants receipts were only Afs 7.4 billion. Table 2.4
shows ten largest and vital development projects financed through grants during second quarter of 1392.
World Bank was the main donor which disbursed almost Afs 1.5 billion through the ARTF for Afghanistan
Third Emergency National Solidarity Project. The objectives of this project are; a) continue to build and
strengthen the capacity of Community Development Councils; and b) support the continued program roll-out to
additional rural communities. World Bank and other donors also provide about Afs576 million for strengthening
Health Activities for the rural areas .
The second largest project which received highest grants during second quarter 1392 was health services
program. Through a partnership between Ministry of Public Health and USAID, total disbursement was Afs 811
million. Asian development bank also granted Afs 343 million for the Transport Network Development
Investmetn Program and Afs 229 million for the Road Network Development Project as well. There are multi
donor grants (Afs278 million) which support primary education program.

Figure 2.5 - Development grant revenues, Afs billions Table 2.5 - 10 largest development grant receipts in Q2, Afs
million
Total 1391 grant receipts 35,795
TF098459-AF Third Emergency
ARTF 1,350
National Solidarity Project
Development MOPH Partnership Contracts For
Health Services Program ( SOAG 306- US & USAID 811
23,389
Grants Revenue 07-00 Il#7 )
(Afs million) 93962-Second Education Quality
18,844 ARTF 736
Imporvement Project
15,424 H581 AF add fin for strengthening
13,315
1392 grants receipts 14,473 Health Activities for the rural Poor ( World Bank - Others 576
8,376 11,786 Sharp )
6,615 96362-Strength Health Activ For The
8,139 ARTF 432
297 938 Rural Poor Project
802 1,102
00261-Transport Network
Development Investment Program Asian Development Bank 343
Tranche 1
10024 AF-Second Public Financail
ARTF 327
Management Reform Projet
H61 Af Irrigation Restoration and
Multi Donor Grants 278
Development Project
H603-Third National Solidarity Project World Bank - Others 250
0081- Road Network Development
Asian Development Bank 229
Project 1

3 CORE BUDGET EXPENDITURES
Table 3.1 1392 Q2 expenditures

1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to Budge t 1392 Compa rison to
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Origina l Curre nt % 1391 Y T D
Code (I n millions of Afghanis) Actua l Actua l P re lim P re lim P re lim Budge t Alloca te d Alloca te d
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Ce iling (3) Budge t (4) Budge t Cha nge % Incre a se
2 T OT AL GR OS S E XP E N D IT U R E S 63,802.4 102,196.2 41,303.3 64,410.5 105,713.8 354,077.1 364,530.4 29.0 3,517.7 3.4
Operating Budget 44,526.3 75,362.2 34,003.9 48,045.7 82,049.6 196,327.0 225,376.3 36.4 6,687.4 8.9
Development Budget 19,276.1 26,834.0 7,299.4 16,364.8 23,664.3 157,750.1 139,154.1 17.0 -3,169.7 -11.8
Discretionary Budget 5,217.7 7,285.4 875.5 4,394.9 5,270.4 45,479.7 43,047.2 12.2 -2,015.0 -27.7
Non-discretionary Budget 14,058.3 19,548.5 6,424.0 11,969.9 18,393.9 112,270.3 96,106.9 19.1 -1,154.7 -5.9
2* T OT AL N E T E XP E N D IT U R E S (2) 63,744.6 102,040.1 41,290.1 64,398.8 105,688.9 3,648.8 3.6
2-25 R E CU R R E N T E XP E N D IT U R E S 53,208.2 87,031.9 36,308.9 54,962.7 91,271.6 N/A 276,832.5 33.0 4,239.8 4.9
21 Compe nsa tion of E mploye e s 34,388.8 59,900.1 28,916.1 34,191.3 63,107.3 142,156.1 145,115.2 43.5 3,207.3 5.4
Development Budget 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 N/A
22 U se of Goods a nd S e rvice s 15,866.5 21,594.5 5,570.6 16,774.1 22,344.7 N/A 107,486.9 20.8 750.2 3.5
Development Budget 9,512.9 12,684.4 2,392.5 8,722.7 11,115.1 N/A 63,069.1 17.6 -1,569.2 -12.4
23 Inte re st (1) 6.3 46.7 50.2 46.2 96.3 1,500.0 1,500.0 6.4 49.6 106.1
Operating Budget 6.3 46.7 50.2 46.2 96.3 1,500.0 1,500.0 6.4 49.6 106.1
24 S ubsidie s a nd T ra nsfe rs 2,946.6 5,490.5 1,772.1 3,951.1 5,723.2 22,730.4 22,730.4 25.2 232.7 4.2
Operating Budget 2,946.6 5,490.5 1,772.1 3,951.1 5,723.2 22,730.4 22,730.4 25.2 232.7 4.2
25 ACQU IS IT ION OF AS S E T S
25 Gross Acquisition of N onfina ncia l Asse ts 10,594.2 15,164.3 4,994.4 9,447.8 14,442.2 N/A 87,697.9 16.5 -722.1 -4.8
Operating Budget 831.0 1,014.7 87.4 1,805.7 1,893.1 2,444.8 11,613.0 16.3 878.4 86.6
Development Budget 9,763.1 14,149.6 4,907.0 7,642.1 12,549.1 N/A 76,084.9 16.5 -1,600.5 -11.3
25* N e t Acquisition of N onfina ncia l Asse ts (2) 10,536.3 15,008.2 4,981.2 9,436.1 14,417.3 -591.0 -3.9
Operating Budget 773.2 858.7 74.2 1,794.0 1,868.1 1,009.5 117.6
Development Budget 9,763.1 14,149.6 4,907.0 7,642.1 12,549.1 -1,600.5 -11.3
1/ Interest Only. Does not include loan principal payments

2/ Proceeds from sale of fixed assets are netted off from the total
3/ Budget and MYR figures of core budget are not available for goods and services (code 21) and capital (code 25) as the published development budget is not broken down into these categories.
4/ Total allocated budget is the same as the Budget ceiling. However, individual items for current allocated Budget do not add up to total published budget as they do not include contingency reserves not yet transferred to budgetary units. Published budget
figures are used for interest (code 23) and subsidies and transfers (code 24).
3.1 Overview of Core Budget and Expenditures

international aid coming to country..
Core budget for the FY 1392 is Afs 354.1 billion, Figure 3.1 Total Expenditues by Economic category
(about 32 percent of GDP), of which Afs 195.2 (1391 and 1392 YTD)
billion is allocated to operating budget and Afs Expenditure by Economic Category (Afs billion)
157.8 billion is allocated to development budget. 143.7
1391 YTD 1392 YTD 1392 Budget
The year to date core expenditures during the second

quarter 1392 was Afs 105.7 billion or 30 percent of
total core budget for the year. However,
expenditures for the second quarter of 1392 were
Afs 64.4 billion, while expenditures over the same 75.8
period last year were Afs 63.8 billion, it shows an 59.9

63.1 63.0
increase of around 1 percent. 48.2
24.2
Gross operating expenditures in the second quarter 8.9 11.2

12.7 11.1
8.8
14.1 12.5
5.5 5.8
1392 were Afs 36.3 billion, which shows a decline of 1.0 1.9
Wa ges Goods a nd s ervices Goods a nd s ervices Nonfi nancial As sets Nonfi nancial As sets Soci al tra nsfers a nd Interest
32 percent compared to the same period last year (Afs (operating) (development) (operating) (development)

53.2 billion). The decline in the operating expenditure
is due to the decrease in the domestic revenue
collection as well as the downfall in the level of
3.2 Operating Budget by Economic Category
Operating budget has been increasing over the past years. Total operating budget for the FY 1392 is Afs 196.3
billion, this raised by 24 percent when compared to the actual operating expenditures of Afs 157.9 billion for the
FY 1391. However, the operating budget for the 1392 is Afs 38.4 billion more than the budget of the previous
year, this is because the the last (1391) financial year was only for 9 months. A big chunk of the operating
expenditure goes to the pension in military and civil servants personnel and implementation of other reforms in
the government agencies.
Compensation of Employees
Compensation of employee includes wages and salaries, food, transportations, advance payments, and other
social benefits. In the second quarter of 1392, the wage bill reached Afs 63.1 billion or about 22 percent of GDP,
this has increased by Afs 3.2 billion or 5.4 percent compared to the same period 1391, the increase in wage bill is
also caused by the expansion of civil servants tashkeel, implementation of reforms and winding up in wage
expenses for the security personnel. During the second quarter 1392, the year to date wage expenses of the
Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior are increased by 1.6 and 1.7 percents respectively.
Goods and Services
This category includes travel, communication, contracted services, repairs and maintenance, utilities and fuel.
Operating expenses on goods and services in the second quarter of 1392 were Afs 6.6 billion, while this was Afs
4.3 billion in the same quarter of 1391, the increase was 53.5 percent in this category, this is due to higher
expenses on travels, fuel, communication and other use of goods and services.
Figure 3.2 - Compensation of employees Figure 3.3 Goods and Services (Operating Budget)
YTD Allocated Budget
Wages YTD Allocated Budget
131,697
143,670
Goods & Services 48,188
(Afs million)
107,752
119,725
Operating budget 40,157
44,173
95,780 (Afs million) 36,141
83,807 32,125
71,835 28,110
24,094
59,862 Actual expenditure
63,107 20,078
47,890
52,629
16,063 Actual expenditure
35,917 12,047
41,916 11,230
23,945 8,031 9,008
28,916 6,328
11,972 4,016 3,178
13,516 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
118 937
1,215
Subsidies, Grants, Social Transfers same period last year, this shows an increase of 96.5
percent when compared to the second quarter 1391.
This category includes pension payments to both
civil servants and military retired personnel,
subsidies to state owned enterprises and capital
transfers to municipalities. In the second quarter of
1392, total expenditures on this category were Afs
5.7 billion. Although, this was Afs 2.9 billion at the
Figure 3.4 Subsidies, grants and social transfers
Budget targets
Subsidies, grants 20,836
22,730
and social 17,048

18,942
15,154
transfers 13,259
9,471
7,577
Actual expenditure
5,683 5,723
5,070
3,788 3,600
1,894 1,772
738
0 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
Interest Payments
This category is only a small portion of the total operating expenditures of the Government, specified that,
Government has only small amount of concessional loans. These loans are mostly given to the Afghan
Government on concessional basis to finance its development projects. This excludes principal repayments.
During the second quarter 1392, YTD spending on this category was Afs 46.2 million. Interest payment for the
second quarter 1392 is almost the same as it was in same period 1391.
Acquisition of Non-Financial Assets
Spending on this category occurs mainly from development budget. Meanwhile, there is also some small amount
of expenditures on the acquisition of non-financial assets from operating budget. During the second quarter 1392,
gross acquisition of non-financial assets from the operating budget was about Afs 9.4 billion, however, this was
Afs 10.6 billion in second quarter 1391.
3.3 Operating Budget by ANDS Sector and Ministry
Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) is Afghan Government development strategy to reduce
poverty, accelerate economic growth, strengthen security and good governance to the public. Afghanistan
National Budget is aligned with ANDS priorities; this is classified in eight sectors which covers all the budgetary
units and ministries to show volume of spending by major economic codes.

Table 3.2 Operating Expenditures by Sector and Largest Minsitry (1391 and 1392 YTD)
T ota l Ope ra ting E xpe nditure s Compe nsa tion of Goods a nd Gross Acquisition Othe r
E mploye e s S e rvice s of N on fina ncia l E xpe nditure s (1)
a sse ts
In millions of Afgha nis 1391 1392 % Curre nt 1392 1391 1392 1391 1392 1391 1392 1391 1392
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Cha nge a lloca te d YT D a s Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 2
Actua l P re lim Budge t % of Actua l P re lim Actua l P re lim Actua l P re lim Actua l P re lim
YT D YT D 1391 (2) Budge t YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D YT D
T OT AL 75,362.2 82,049.6 8.9 196,800.8 41.7 59,900.1 63,107.3 8,910.1 11,229.6 1,014.7 1,893.1 5,537.3 5,819.6
T ota l S e curity 46,928.8 51,265.2 9.2 135,915.5 37.7 40,808.2 42,807.1 4,336.2 6,654.3 784.3 1,553.8 1,000.0 250.0
Ministry of Interior 20,006.0 19,729.2 -1.4 53,843.3 36.6 16,741.4 17,011.7 1,868.8 2,201.9 395.7 265.5 1,000.0 250.0
Ministry of Defence 21,911.7 24,652.8 12.5 68,398.5 36.0 20,334.2 20,669.8 1,218.0 2,716.8 359.4 1,266.3 0.0 -0.0
General Directorate of National Security 3,313.7 4,890.1 47.6 9,792.7 49.9 2,715.7 4,008.9 582.0 875.0 16.0 6.3 0.0 0.0
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1,197.6 1,439.9 20.2 2,843.7 50.6 601.7 655.7 583.2 771.3 12.7 12.9 -0.0 0.0
Other Ministries 499.9 553.3 10.7 1,037.3 53.3 415.3 461.0 84.2 89.4 0.5 2.9 0.0 0.0
Total Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights 5,219.3 5,136.1 -1.6 12,907.6 39.8 3,529.0 3,667.4 1,253.8 1,118.9 114.8 142.1 321.6 207.8
Legal Training Center 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Presidents Office 741.8 792.0 6.8 1,860.6 42.6 536.9 571.8 196.9 213.4 8.0 6.8 0.0 0.0
Administrative Affairs 927.7 654.8 -29.4 1,641.7 39.9 248.9 288.5 330.0 173.3 27.3 4.6 321.6 188.4
Supreme Court 623.6 635.6 1.9 1,508.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ministry of Justice 236.9 254.0 7.2 624.7 40.7 183.0 192.7 53.3 61.0 0.5 0.3 -0.0 0.0
Other Ministries 2,689.3 2,799.8 11.9 7,272.0 -83.3 2,560.2 2,614.4 673.6 671.2 79.0 130.4 0.0 19.4
Total Infrastructure and Natural Resources 1,720.1 2,061.8 19.9 4,871.7 42.3 951.2 1,025.0 738.0 924.6 30.9 112.2 -0.0 -0.0
Total Education 13,352.4 13,366.1 0.1 34,599.8 38.6 11,887.5 12,250.8 1,427.8 1,076.3 37.1 39.0 -0.0 -0.0
Ministry of Education 11,666.1 11,690.2 0.2 30,023.4 38.9 10,901.4 11,116.1 746.6 544.0 18.2 30.1 -0.0 -0.0
Ministry of Higher Education 1,184.3 1,127.5 -4.8 3,250.8 34.7 696.5 798.1 474.9 324.9 12.9 4.5 -0.0 -0.0
Other Ministries 501.9 548.5 4.7 1,325.6 -35.0 289.6 336.6 206.3 207.4 6.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
Total Health 1,010.0 1,164.8 15.3 3,537.6 32.9 772.6 869.4 230.4 276.5 7.1 18.8 0.0 -0.0
Ministry of Public Health 1,010.0 1,164.8 15.3 3,537.6 32.9 772.6 869.4 230.4 276.5 7.1 18.8 0.0 -0.0
Total Agriculture and Rural Development 828.6 1,037.3 25.2 2,482.1 41.8 657.4 683.3 165.0 345.4 6.1 8.5 0.0 0.0
Ministry of Agriculture 517.7 728.5 40.7 1,602.7 45.5 441.9 472.7 72.4 253.1 3.4 2.8 0.0 0.0
Other Ministries 310.9 308.8 -15.5 879.4 -3.7 215.5 210.7 92.6 92.3 2.7 5.7 0.0 -0.0
Total Social Protection 5,001.5 6,270.3 25.4 10,587.3 59.2 595.1 646.2 317.0 364.8 6.0 3.3 4,083.4 5,255.9
Ministry of Martyrs, Disabled and Social Affairs 4,636.8 5,872.1 26.6 9,551.5 61.5 381.1 408.1 170.7 205.2 1.7 2.8 4,083.4 5,255.9
Other Minisitries 364.7 398.2 -1.3 1,035.8 -2.3 214.1 238.1 146.3 159.6 4.3 0.6 0.0 0.0
Total Economic Gov. and Private Sector 1,301.6 1,747.9 34.3 5,852.2 29.9 699.0 1,138.7 442.0 468.6 28.3 15.2 132.3 125.3
Ministry of Finance 963.0 1,346.3 39.8 4,858.2 27.7 470.8 867.1 335.4 343.1 24.4 10.9 132.3 125.3
Other Minisitries 338.6 401.5 -5.5 994.0 2.2 228.1 271.7 106.5 125.5 3.9 4.4 0.0 0.0
(1) Interest, and Subsidies and Transfers
(2) For individual Ministries (not the total budget), allocated operating Budget may not equal the approved budget, as funds are allocated from contingency reserve during the year. Allocated budget for the
development budget is the same as the latest approved budget. Total current allocated budget is the approved budget.
The sectors of education and governance, rule of law and human rights come second and third in this category.
The ranking is based on the level of allocated budget for the current fiscal year.
Security is the largest spending sector in this category with a total allocated budget of Afs 135.9 billion (12
percent of GDP) which shows a 38.4 percent increase compared to Afs 100.4 billion (10 percent of GDP)
allocated to this sector last year, its worth mentioning that 1391 was a 9 month year and because of this reason
the allocated budget for the current fiscal year is 38.4 percent higher. The Ministry of Defense and Ministry of
Interior covered above 90 percent of expenditures in this sector and spent Afs 24.6 and Afs 19.7 billion
respectively, while their expenditure was Afs 21.9 billion and Afs 20 billion respectively in same period last
year.
Education is the second highest spending sector, the year to date expenditures during the second quarter 1392 is
Afs 13.4 billion which is the almost the same amount that the sector spent in second quarter of 1391. Ministry of
Education spending was higher in this sector compared to other ministries which reached Afs 11.7 billion, this is
mainly due to recruitment of additional 10,000 new teachers per year, and implementation of Pay and Grading
reform which covered almost 90 percent of teachers and currently they receive their salaries under pay and
grading scheme.
Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights is the third largest sector in term of spending under ANDS
pillar, the year to date expenditures were Af 5.1 billion out of total allocated budget (Afs 12.9 billion), however,
this shows a decrease of 2.0 percent compared to the year to date expenditures during second quarter 1391, while
at the end of the year major part of allocated budget in the sector will be spent.

The remaining sectors such as, Social Protection, Infrastructure, Economic Governance, Health and Agriculture
have spent Afs 6.3 billion, Afs 2.1 billion, Afs 1.8 billion, Afs 1.2 billion, and Afs 1.0 billion respectively,
looking at the trend of operating budget expenditures, almost above 90 percent of operating budget by sectors has
been executed by the end of the fiscal year, because about 65 percent of total operating budget has been allocated
for employees compensation.
3.4 Development Budget by Economic Category
The total development budget for year 1392 is Afs 157.8 billion which accounts for 14.1 percent of GDP. Of this
Afs 45.5 billion was allocated under discretionary budget and Afs 112.3 billion was allocated under the Non-
discretionary budget.
Of the total development budget allocated in 1392, Afs 23.7 billion was spent by end of second quarter of 1392
in YTD terms, comparing it to the same period of 1391, the expenditure in quater two of 1392 was lesser than
that of 1391, such that Afs 27.8 billion was spent in 1391 while Afs 23.7 billion was spent in 1392, showing a
decrease of Afs 4.1 billion or 14.8 percent. Economic category includes expenditure on goods and services, and
acquisition of non-financial assests and etc, each of which is explained below.
Goods and services include expenses incurred on Figure 3.6 Goods and Services, Afs millions
construction equipments, engineering and design YTD Alloacted Budget 63,017
services, consulting firms, services of Non-governmental Goods & Services 57,766
organization, tools and materials for project 52,514
implementation, project management services and Development 47,263

42,011
project monitoring and evaluations. During the second budget
36,760
quarter of 1392, total expenditures were Afs 8.1 billion, (Afs million) 31,508
compared to Afs 3.1 billion spent in same category in the 26,257
second quarter of 1391, expenditures in this quarter were 21,006 Actual expenditure
15,754
higher by almost more than double. However, when
10,503 11,115
campered to the development budget expenditures of 5,517
7,773
5,251
1391 on goods and services it increased by Afs 2.3 7 299
2,392
billion in YTD terms. It is likely that by the end of fiscal
year 1392, whole budget under this category will not be spent and we will have some surplus.
Figure 3.5 - Acquisition of non-financial assets by quarter,
Acquisition of Non-financial Assets which can be also Afs millions, 1391 - 1392
called as Capital Expenditure include expenses incurred YTD Alloacted
75,772
Gross acquistion of Budget 69,457
on purchase of land, construction or refurbishment of
buildings, machinery and all other equipments valued above non-financial assets
63,143
56,829
Afs 50,000. (development 50,514
44,200
budget)
37,886
(Afs million)
31,572
25,257 1391
Actual expenditure Expenditure
18,943
12,629 12,549
10,250
6,314 6,793
4,907
24 AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013
0

Figure 3.7- Acquisition of non-financial assets by quarter,
Afs millions, 1391- 1392
In first two quarters of 1392 more than Afs 38 billion was 15,000
Land and Buildings Machinery and Equipment
budgeted for the acquisition on non-financial assets, of 13,000
which about Afs 12.6 billion (or 33.2 percent of allocated Capital Advance Payments
11,000
budget) was executed during the past six months. During
9,000
second quarter Afs 19 billion was allocated for
7,000
acquisition of non-financial assets out of which only Afs
5,000
7.6 billion was spent. However, there was significant
increase while comparing it to the first quarter of this 3,000
year, while decreased from Afs 14.1 billion to Afs 12.6 1,000
billion when comparing this to the expenditures incurred Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 -1,000

1390 1391 1392
on the acquisition of non-financial assets during the same
period in 1391.
Of the executed budget more than Afs 6.3 billion was spent on Capital Advance Payments while Afs 5.6 billion
was spent on the purchase of building and structures followed by the expenditures on machinery and equipment
which amounted to Afs 552 million.
3.5 Development Budget by ANDS Sector and Ministry
Table 3.3 considers the operating budget expenditures at the same stage of 1391 and 1392 by ANDS sector and
largest development budget ministries.
Table 3.3 Development Expenditures by Sector and largest Minsitry (1391 and 1392 YTD)
1391 1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to
Approve d Qtr 2 YT D . Approve d Qtr 2 YT D . U nspe nt % of 1391 YT D
In millions of Afgha nis
Budge t Actua l a s % of Budge t Pre lim a s % of Budge t T ota l
YT D Budge t YT D Budge t U nspe nt Cha nge % Incre a se
T OT AL 107,350.1 27,819.3 25.9 157,750.1 23,732.5 15.0 134,017.5 100.0 -4,086.8 -14.7
Total Infrastructure and Natural Resources 45,830.8 12,826.0 28.0 46,893.4 6,333.1 13.5 40,560.2 30.3 -6,492.9 -50.6
Ministry of Public Works 22,123.4 9,005.5 40.7 23,050.8 3,189.0 13.8 19,861.8 14.8 -5,816.5 -64.6
Ministry of Transport and Aviation 2,976.6 453.5 15.2 1,822.2 308.5 16.9 1,513.7 1.1 -144.9 -32.0
Ministry of Energy and Water 1,953.2 1,403.1 71.8 11,996.9 1,409.6 11.7 10,587.3 7.9 6.6 0.5
Water Supply and Canalization Corporation 10,627.7 0.0 0.0 513.1 0.0 0.0 513.1 0.4 0.0 N/A
Ministry of Communication 1,613.5 53.1 3.3 2,464.6 73.3 3.0 2,391.3 1.8 20.2 38.0
Geodesy and Cartography Office 57.8 0.0 0.0 2,087.0 1.2 0.1 2,085.8 1.6 1.2 N/A
Other Ministries 6,478.6 1,910.9 29.5 4,958.6 1,351.5 27.3 3,607.1 2.7 -559.4 7.5
Total Agriculture and Rural Development 27,500.9 7,432.5 27.0 26,245.6 9,218.8 35.1 17,026.8 12.7 1,786.3 24.0
Ministry of Agriculture 5,766.4 1,658.6 28.8 6,607.5 1,347.1 20.4 5,260.4 3.9 -311.5 -18.8
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development 20,982.1 5,654.9 27.0 18,914.9 7,603.2 40.2 11,311.7 8.4 1,948.3 34.5
Other Ministries 752.5 119.0 15.8 723.2 268.5 37.1 454.7 0.3 149.5 8.4
Total Education 12,066.3 1,785.1 14.8 19,435.5 2,871.8 14.8 16,563.8 12.4 1,086.6 60.9
Ministry of Education 8,462.6 1,419.8 16.8 14,535.3 2,386.3 16.4 12,149.1 9.1 966.5 68.1
Other Ministries 3,603.6 365.3 10.1 4,900.2 485.5 9.9 4,414.7 3.3 120.1 -7.2
Total Economic Gov. and Private Sector Devel't 4,854.7 1,199.1 24.7 6,014.1 1,459.9 24.3 4,554.2 3.4 260.8 21.7
Ministry of Finance 3,411.8 889.0 26.1 4,444.6 1,074.6 24.2 3,370.0 2.5 185.5 20.9
Other Minisitries 1,442.8 310.0 21.5 1,569.5 385.3 24.5 1,184.2 0.9 75.2 0.9
Total Health 8,250.5 2,488.7 30.2 9,746.0 2,696.4 27.7 7,049.6 5.3 207.6 8.3
Ministry of Public Health 8,250.5 2,488.7 30.2 9,746.0 2,696.4 27.7 7,049.6 5.3 207.6 8.3
Total Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights 2,666.0 1,452.9 54.5 3,927.4 704.8 17.9 3,222.6 2.4 -748.1 -51.5
Independent Directorate of Local Governance 718.3 1,035.2 144.1 1,230.3 210.1 17.1 1,020.2 0.8 -825.1 -79.7
Other Minisitries 1,947.7 417.6 21.4 2,697.0 494.7 18.3 2,202.4 1.6 77.0 28.2
Total Social Protection 1,139.9 399.8 35.1 1,109.9 297.8 26.8 812.0 0.6 -102.0 -25.5
Total Security 889.1 235.2 26.5 39,245.1 150.0 0.4 39,095.1 29.2 -85.2 -36.2
Total Unclassified 4,152.0 0.0 0.0 5,133.2 0.0 0.0 5,133.2 3.8 0.0 N/A

Table 3.3 considers the operating budget expenditures by the sectors of Afghanistan National Development
Strategy (ANDS) and by the ministries with largest development budget. According to the Afghanistan National
Development Strategy, national budget is also allocated among eight different sectors. Among these sectors the
Infrastructure and Natural Resources Sector is allocated a big chunk of the national budget and with an amount
of Afs 40.6 billion however of the total allocated budget year to date expenditures is Afs 6.3 billion (13.5 percent
of the allocated budget) in first two quarters of 1392. On the other hand this expenditure was 12.8 billion in same
period of the year 1391, which was Afs 6.3 billion higher in comparison to the expenditure in the current year.
This shows a decrease in execution rate of the development budget from 28 percent in 1391 to 13.5 percent in
1392.
Within the Infrastructure and Natural Resources Sector the Ministry of Public Works received 49.2 percent of
the sectors allocated budget and has the highest allocated development budget among all other ministries. Total
allocated budget in 1392 for MoPW was Afs 23.1 billion and has executed Afs 3.2 billion or 13.8 percent of its
allocated budget. Execution during these two quarters was less than that of 1391, such that in the first two
quarters of 1391 the ministry spent Afs 9 billion which resulted in 40.7 percent of execution rate. The reasons of
the low execution rate are:-
1- Projects with not yet completed procurement procedure;

2- Low availability of financial resources because of which most of the projects are approved with lesser
than required budget;
3- Bad security situations in remote areas that sluggish the progress of these development projects;
4- Land acquisition issues that hampered the progess of the projects.
Ministry of Energy and Water has the second highest development budget of Afs 12 billion within this sector,
of which only Afs 1.4 billion or 11.7 percent of its allocated budget has been executed. When compared to the
expenditure in the same period of last year, MoEW year to date execution increased by 0.5 percent. The recurring
lower execution rate by MoEW is mainly due to lower absorption capacity of the ministry, poor financial
planning, security threats in remote areas and etc.
Ministry of Information and Communication has third highest allocated budget of Afs 2.5 billion within this
sector. MoIC has spent Afs 73 million in first two quarters of 1392 or 3 percent of the allocated budget.
Considering the execution of MoIC in previous years, the MoIC is expected to reach a higher execution rate in
the final quarter of 1392.
Agriculture and Rural Development sector is also one of leading sector with respect to the allocated budget in
1392. Total allocated budget in 1392 was Afs 26.2 billion for this sector, which is Afs 1.3 billion lower than the
sectors last year budget. In the first two quarters of 1392, the sectors overall expenditures were Afs 9.2 billion
equivalent to 35.1 percent of the total allocated budget in this sector, below are the main ministries operating
under this sector.
Total allocated development budget for Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock in 1392 was Afs 6.6
billion while in 1391 this budget was Afs 5.7 billion. Of the allocated development budget in 1392, Afs 1.3
billion was spent in the first two quarters of current year, which represents a 20 percent of the execution rate, the
execution rate for the same period last year was 29 percent this shows a decrease of 9 percent over the last years
execution rate.

The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) has allocated budget of Afs 18.9 billion in
1392, which has the highest budget within the sector and second highest among all ministries. MRRD has spent
Afs 7.6 billion in first two quarters of 1392, which is 40.2 percent of the entire allocated budget and increase of
13 percent over the execution rate of 27 percent (Afs 5.7 billion) in 1391. The MRRD is expected to increase the
execution rate in third quarter of fiscal year because most of the payments to contractors are made in final quarter
of the year.
The Education sector has a budget of Afs 19.4 billion in 1392, of which only Afs 2.9 billion (or 14.9 percent of
the budget allocated to it) has been spent in the first two quarters. This shows an increase of 3 percent in
execution rate, however, in absolute term there is no significant increase in expenditures when compared to the
first two quarters of 1391, in this sector, Ministry of Education is one of the main ministries which has allocated
budget of Afs 14.5 billion in 1392, where this ministry has executed its development budget by about 16.4
percent in first two quarters of this fiscal year.
Health sector is another main sector to which a higher portion of development budget has been allocated. Health
sector was assigned a budget of Afs 9.7 billion in 1392. Its budget was higher by Afs 1.4 billion when compared
to previous fiscal year. During the first two quarter 27.7 percent of the allocated budget was executed. This is
lower by 2.5 percent when compared to the same period of fiscal year 1391.

4 FINANCING OF THE CORE BUDGET
4.1 Public Sector Borrowing Requirement

Referring to figure 4.1, a deficit of Afs 3.8 billion was incurred during second quarter of 1392. This explains that
during second quarter there was an increase of Afs 23 billion in expenditures on operating and acquisition of
non-financial assets. On the other hand the financing envelope (revenue and grants) performed poorly during this
period, an increase of Afs 2 billion only. Even though there was a financing gap of Afs 3.8 billion during second
quarter of 1392, on YTD basis a surplus of Afs 13.8 was maintained due to a robust surplus in the previous
quarter of 1392.
Figure 4.2 - Balance of Treasury Single Account, Afs

Figure 4.1 Public Sector Borrowing Requirement by million at end of quarter
quarter, Afs millions
20,000
50,000
Quarter Net provincial accounts Held in US dollars
Year to date
45,000 Held in Afghanis Total liabilities
15,000
40,000
10,000 35,000
30,000
5,000
25,000
0 20,000
Q1 1390 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 1391 Q2 Q3 Q1 1392
-5,000 15,000
10,000
-10,000
5,000
-15,000
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2
-20,000
1390 1391 1392
-25,000
4.2 Treasury Single Account

The Treasury Single Account (or TSA) financial assets were Afs 19.8 billion during second quarter of
1392, an increase of Afs 3.1 billion compared to the total assets held in previous quarter of FY1392. The
TSA assets are held in three different denominations. Of Afs 19.8 billion, Afs 7.5 billion were held in
Afghani, Afs 14.8 billion were held in US dollars and the remaining Afs 0.6 billion were held in Net
Provincial Accounts.

5 Importance of Agriculture in Economic Development of Afghanistan
Theodore Schultz an American Agriculture Economist began his acceptance speech for the 1979 Nobel
Prize in Economics observing:
Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor we would know
much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from
agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture we would know much of the economics of being
poor (Shultz, 1979).
While 75 percent of the worlds poor live in rural areas, a mere 4 percent of official development
assistance goes to agriculture in developing countries (world Bank 2008)
In the era of globalization and technological advancements poverty still remains a big problem for the
policy makers around the world. We still find that people in poor and developing countries who depend on
agriculture for their living are typically much poorer than people who work in other sectors of the economy
and that they represent a significant share, often the majority, of the total number of poor people in the
countries where they live. It is the case in Afghanistan i.e. huge majority of the poor live in rural areas and
are highly dependent on agriculture.
For the poorest people, GDP growth originating in agriculture is about four times more effective in raising
incomes of extremely poor people than GDP growth originating outside the sector (World Bank Report
2008)
For Afghanistan achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving poverty by 2015 requires
finding ways to increase the incomes of those people living under poverty line. Afghanistan a post conflict
poor country faces issues such as poor infrastructure, low productivity, bad marketing, and low
competitiveness in agriculture trade, weak institutional efficiency, security, poor governance and
sustainability that have been hindering agricultural development.
Agricultural growth has been highly successful in reducing rural poverty in East Asia over the past 15
years, (Francois Bourguignon, World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President,)
Afghanistan where more than 75 percent of the labor force is employed in agriculture sector needs a new
paradigm that recognizes agricultures multiple functions for development in triggering economic growth
and poverty reduction.
Most empirical studies show that agricultural growth is relatively more important than growth in other
sectors.
Past research suggests that agricultural income growth is more effective in reducing poverty than growth
in other sectors because: 1) the incidence of poverty tends to be higher in agricultural and rural
populations than elsewhere, and 2) most of the poor live in rural areas and a large share of them depend
on agriculture for a living (World Bank, 2008).
Agriculture growth requires improvement in production. There are two ways. One is the horizontal
expansion in production by increasing the resource base or factors of production. Through this more arable
land can be brought under cultivation. The other is vertical increase in productivity, thus getting more
yields per unit area. Both options are difficult but high economic growth rate is impossible without giving
high priority to agriculture growth in a post conflict and poor country like Afghanistan. For poverty
reduction as well, GDP growth originating from agriculture is at least twice as effective in reducing
poverty as that originating in other sectors of the economy.
The only way to increase the resource base i.e., arable land is to increase water storage capacity by
constructing dams and improving the irrigation systems.
To increase the resource base i.e. arable land, construction of dams and improving irrigation systems
resulting in ample supply of water to the water scarce agriculture lands. Is very important.
The alternative approach is to ensure water security at farm level by constructing water storages, which can
be refilled by rainwater harvesting and canal water during lean period. This will ensure water supply and
give ample opportunities to the farmer to plan his agricultural activities on the basis of quantity of water
available.
From these on-farm water storages, land may be irrigated by using natural gradient, installing pumps, high
efficiency irrigation system like drip and sprinkler or by using tractor-driven water tankers. The on-farm
water storages may be constructed with the help of developmental projects on cost-sharing basis. This will
enhance water use efficiency with less dependence on irrigation system and an increase in agricultural
productivity.
For vertical increase in production, there is a need to increase the usage of technology in agriculture
system.
To give impulse to research and development, there is a need to increase investment in the sector. On the
contrary, Afghanistan has made little investment in agricultural research. This has not developed the
national capacity for research. Many of the research programs pursued by the donors in agricultural sector
have not kept pace with the needs of the farmers and economy. There was less emphasis on innovations
and technology development. Research in Afghanistan also suffered from budgetary constraint, brain drain,
outdated research infrastructure and a service structure providing little incentive for creative research and
innovations.
In the short these issues can be addressed through import of modern technology in the sector. As a long-
term measure, revamping and strengthening of the entire research system along with enhanced budgetary
allocations from local resources is urgently required to develop cutting edge technologies indigenously.
To sum up the following arguments amplifies the importance of agriculture sector in the development of
any poor country and economy, besides providing raw materials to the industrial sector.
Food security and self-sufficiency in Agriculture

For a poor country like Afghanistan the production of food and food security plays an important role. Poor
people are first to be affected by food shortages and food related prices. Chronic malnutrition kills, blinds,
and otherwise weakens, reducing physical capacity, lowering productivity, stunting growth, and
constraining learning.

According to previous researches, in the worlds poorest regions and countries, one-third of deaths among
children are due to malnutrition. Improving access to food and nutrition increases learning capacity and
school performance and leads to longer school attendance, fewer school and work days lost to sickness,
higher earnings, longer work lives and a more productive work force
As a result of land reforms or increase in productivity due to better use of inputs etc. the incomes of the
farmers will increase. Increase in income of the farmers result in increase demand for food items.
In case of UDCs the income elasticity of demand for food items is very high (ranging between 0.6 to
0.8%). Again, due to industrialization, the mobility of labor to cities increases leading to increase in income
of people. As a result, they increase the demand for consumables. In such cases, if agri. sector remains
passive and agri. production fails to respond to the prices of food will increase. Therefore, they will have to
be imported from other countries having a pressure on the foreign exchange reserves of the country.
Increase in Demand for Industrial Products

When surplus is generated in agri. sector the purchasing power of the farmers will increase which will lead
to increase the demand for industrial goods. In case of under developed countries the market is limited as
the incomes of farmers and the labor are limited. Therefore, the demand for manufactured goods remains
limited. But when the agri. productivity increases the incomes of farmers etc., will increase leading to
expand the demand for manufactured goods.
In this way, the market will be extended. The manufactured sector will gain momentum. Moreover, in
such, situation the demand for agri. inputs like fertilizers, tractors and harvesters will increase. This will
also provide a stimulus to industrial sector. The expansion of industrial sector will have the effects on the
means of transportation and communication. Therefore, agriculture sector has backward and forward
linkages to other sectors of the economy. Many sectors of the economy will grow and producers profits
will increase leading to enhance capital formation. This is the contribution of agriculture sector to the other
sectors of the economy when it trades with other sectors, according to Prof. Kuznets.
Foreign Exchange Earnings:

The developing countries specialize in certain products, which are to be exported. As the production and
productivity of these goods increases their exports increase. With this the foreign exchange earnings of
such countries increase which can be utilized to import the capital goods. Such capital goods can be used
for industrialization. In this way, the domestic use of raw material will increase leading to reduce the
export surplus. But the domestic industrialization will become helpful in the production of import-
substitutes. In this way, the foreign exchange could be saved. Thus, it is the agri. Development that results
in foreign exchange earnings. The capital goods could be imported and industrialization process will be
supported. In this way, not only foreign exchange will be saved, but foreign exchange will also be earned
when the manufactured exports increase. This is called 'Production Contribution' of agriculture sector,
according to Prof Kuznets. As a result of this effect, in the first phase the production of the economy
increases, while in the second phase the per capita output rises.

Mobilization of Capital by State
In the initial stage of economic development the capital accumulation can be made with the help of agri.
surplus. As Prof. Johnson and Mellor Write:
"When the productivity increases in agri. sector, it means that either inputs are being used in lesser amount
or agri. yields have been increased".
It is the labor, which is the biggest input in the agriculture sector, which can be used for capital formation.
If laborers are withdrawn from farms and they are utilized in the constructional fields the capital
mobilization can be increased. Thus when agri. sector contributes to other sectors of the economy and
shifts resources to other sectors of the economy it is called Factor Contribution of agri. sector, according to
Prof. Kuznets.
Employment Opportunities
Vast majority of the poor people in rural areas are directly or indirectly employed in agriculture sector. It is
the agriculture sector, which not only provides employment opportunities, but it also gives rise to
diversification in such job opportunities. Whenever, the agri. productivity and incomes increase the
demand in the rural sector increases. For example, the demands for small farmers, weavers, cobblers,
carpenters, plumbers, masons and black smiths etc. will increase. In this way, the agri. development will
promote the development of other sectors.
Increase in the overall Welfare of the Rural People

Agriculture provides basic subsistence occupations for millions and permits people to supply themselves
with the three fundamental human needs food, clothing and shelter as agriculture surplus increases the
welfare of rural people will increase. On the basis of increased income the farmers will be able to consume
high calories food and will improve their standard of living; will build better houses; will acquire basic
luxuries of life . Thus we simply say that growth of agri. sector will lead to uplift the life-standard of the
people.
If the agricultural sector remains unattended, a developed and prosperous Afghanistan will be difficult to
realize.

6 Tables
Table 6.1 - Core Budget Revenues
1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to Y T D T a rge t Annua l %
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 1391 Y T D 1392 T a rge t - T a rge t (2) Annua l
Code (I n millions of Afghanis) Actua l Actua l P re lim P re lim P re lim Qtr 2 Actua l T a rge t
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Cha nge % Incre a se YT D % (+/ -)
COR E BU D GE T
1 R E V E N U E S including gra nts (1) 65,167.7 119,025.2 58,880.9 60,602.2 119,483.1 457.9 0.4
1-19 R E V E N U E S e xcluding gra nts 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 55,350.0 -13.3 123,000.0 39.0
D OME S T IC R E V E N U E S (2) (3) 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 55,350.0 -13.3 123,000.0 39.0
11 T a x R e ve nue s 13,083.7 24,396.2 11,420.3 11,786.3 23,206.5 -1,189.7 -4.9 25,537.3 -9.1 56,749.5 40.9
111 Fixed Taxes 2,706.9 5,259.7 2,552.0 2,635.5 5,187.5 -72.2 -1.4 5,565.4 -6.8 12,367.6 41.9
112 Income Taxes 4,376.4 7,977.9 3,995.5 3,844.3 7,839.8 -138.1 -1.7 8,072.5 -2.9 17,938.9 43.7
113 Property Taxes 62.4 162.2 71.4 68.9 140.3 -21.8 -13.5 179.0 -21.6 397.7 35.3
114 Sales Taxes 5,425.3 9,705.1 3,789.0 4,046.7 7,835.7 -1,869.4 -19.3 10,211.6 -23.3 22,692.3 34.5
116 Other Taxes 404.0 1,091.5 842.9 1,022.9 1,865.8 774.3 70.9 1,245.9 49.8 2,768.7 67.4
117 Tax Penalties and Fines 108.7 199.8 169.5 167.9 337.4 137.6 68.9 262.9 28.4 584.2 57.8
12 Customs D uty, Import T a xe s 7,080.9 14,283.0 6,388.6 6,283.2 12,671.8 -1,611.2 -11.3 15,699.4 -19.3 34,887.4 36.3
13 N on T a x R e ve nue 4,203.1 10,459.8 3,992.0 4,527.4 8,519.4 -1,940.3 -18.6 11,756.5 -27.5 26,125.5 32.6
131 Income from Capital Property 74.2 2,655.7 123.4 256.8 380.2 -2,275.5 -85.7 1,764.4 -78.5 3,921.0 9.7
132 Sales of Goods and Services 1,914.0 3,104.2 1,393.9 1,169.2 2,563.1 -541.1 -17.4 4,733.3 -45.8 10,518.4 24.4
133 Administrative Fees 1,968.1 4,184.3 2,179.1 2,721.6 4,900.7 716.3 17.1 4,699.2 4.3 10,442.6 46.9
134 Royalties 62.7 138.8 63.2 77.0 140.2 1.4 1.0 141.3 -0.8 314.0 44.6
135 Non Tax Fines and Penalties 143.0 277.1 108.4 121.0 229.4 -47.7 -17.2 324.0 -29.2 720.0 31.9
136 Extractive Industry 41.1 99.6 124.1 181.7 305.8 206.3 207.2 94.3 224.3 209.6 145.9
14 Misce lla ne ous R e ve nue 262.7 280.0 -209.9 2,332.0 2,122.1 1,842.1 657.9 661.6 220.7 1,470.3 144.3
17 S ocia l Contributions 912.8 1,509.2 733.1 733.9 1,467.0 -42.2 -2.8 1,695.3 -13.5 3,767.3 38.9
GR AN T S (1) 39,624.4 68,097.0 36,556.8 34,939.4 71,496.2 3,399.2 5.0

191 Foreign Governments 32,194.3 55,856.5 29,941.9 27,081.6 57,023.5 1,167.0 2.1
192 International Organisation 7,422.7 12,230.1 6,614.9 7,857.8 14,472.8 2,242.6 18.3
193 Other Government Units 7.4 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -10.5 -100.0
T OT AL OP E R AT IN G BU D GE T R E V E N U E 54,716.9 103,601.6 52,266.0 52,744.4 105,010.4 1,408.8 1.4 210,228.8 50.0

Domestic Revenues 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 25,662.8 47,986.9 -2,941.3 -5.8 55,350.0 -13.3 123,000.0 39.0
as percentage of total 46.7 49.2 42.7 48.7 45.7 -208.8
External Grant Support 29,173.6 52,673.5 29,941.9 27,081.6 57,023.5 4,350.0 8.3 87,228.8 65.4
as percentage of total 53.3 50.8 57.3 51.3 54.3 308.8
1. Actual figures are not comparable to the development/ integrated budget grants or balances shown in budget documentation, as grants/ balance in budget documentation also includes loans. Loans are shown as a financing item in above
table.
2. Revenues exclude proceeds from the sale of fixed assets (150), and loans (18). These items are included under financing.
3. In the published budget document, Afs 13.9 billion in domestic revenues are allocated to the development budget in 1392. In order to ensure comparability with actuals, all domestic revenues shown under the development
budget in the published budget document have been re-allocated to the operating budget in the above table.

Table 6.2 - Core Budget Domestic Revenues by Province
1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 Comparison to YT D T arget Annual %
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 1391 YT D 1392 T arget - T arget Annual
Code (In millions of Afghanis)
Actual Actual Prelim Prelim Prelim Qtr 2 Actual T arget
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Change % Increase YT D % (+/-)
1-19 REVENUES excluding grants 25,543.3 50,928.2 22,324.1 129,658.4 151,982.5 101,054.4 198.4 55,350.0 174.6 123,000.0 123.6
01 Kabul 440.1 1,001.6 528.2 2,923.9 3,452.1 2,450.5 244.7 1,248.1 176.6 2,773.6 124.5
02 Kapisa 22.1 42.3 12.8 123.9 136.7 94.5 223.5 56.8 140.9 126.1 108.4
03 Parwan 54.8 75.9 21.0 230.7 251.7 175.8 231.8 106.7 135.9 237.1 106.1
04 Wardak 52.1 90.2 42.9 215.1 258.0 167.8 185.9 84.6 205.0 188.0 137.2
05 Logar 25.9 42.7 17.6 131.0 148.6 105.9 247.7 67.1 121.6 149.0 99.7
06 Nangarhar 2,601.9 5,393.6 2,801.2 13,591.3 16,392.5 10,998.9 203.9 5,425.5 202.1 12,056.6 136.0
07 Laghman 37.9 59.8 17.6 152.9 170.5 110.8 185.3 75.1 127.2 166.8 102.2
08 Pangsher 8.2 14.4 9.1 77.6 86.7 72.3 501.7 37.1 133.5 82.5 105.1
09 Baghlan 63.7 103.9 30.3 281.1 311.4 207.5 199.7 137.4 126.6 305.3 102.0
10 Bamyan 22.6 33.5 21.9 101.2 123.1 89.5 267.1 47.6 158.6 105.8 116.4
11 Ghazni 65.6 132.4 41.5 351.8 393.3 260.9 197.0 136.7 187.7 303.8 129.5
12 Paktika 33.9 51.4 18.4 159.5 177.9 126.5 246.0 70.3 153.2 156.1 113.9
13 Paktiya 162.2 296.7 148.9 786.8 935.7 639.0 215.3 281.0 233.0 624.5 149.8
14 Khost 251.4 492.5 206.4 1,212.4 1,418.7 926.2 188.0 668.2 112.3 1,484.9 95.5
15 Kunar 37.5 52.0 16.1 143.6 159.7 107.7 207.2 236.6 -32.5 525.7 30.4
16 Nuristan 7.3 7.4 0.0 35.8 35.8 28.4 381.2 18.0 99.0 40.0 89.5
17 Badakhshan 84.6 106.0 22.2 302.7 324.9 218.9 206.5 136.9 137.3 304.2 106.8
18 Takhar 70.3 111.5 44.5 305.1 349.7 238.2 213.7 151.7 130.5 337.0 103.7
19 Kunduz 280.9 580.0 193.3 1,387.7 1,581.0 1,001.0 172.6 700.3 125.8 1,556.2 101.6
20 Samangan 25.8 44.9 14.4 125.9 140.3 95.4 212.6 51.6 171.6 114.8 122.2
21 Balkh 2,347.4 5,001.6 1,636.7 10,789.7 12,426.4 7,424.8 148.5 5,074.6 144.9 11,277.0 110.2
22 Saripul 19.5 36.2 10.3 102.4 112.7 76.5 211.6 40.5 178.1 90.1 125.1
23 Ghor 19.3 38.0 12.8 197.4 210.2 172.1 452.4 46.0 356.5 102.3 205.4
24 Dikondy 20.8 25.5 9.2 75.9 85.1 59.6 233.5 31.0 174.9 68.8 123.7
25 Uruzgan 13.4 16.3 6.1 61.0 67.1 50.8 311.8 33.7 98.9 74.9 89.5
26 Zabul 15.3 23.0 12.4 64.2 76.6 53.6 232.9 64.8 18.2 144.1 53.2
27 Kandahar 621.2 806.3 618.5 2,872.4 3,490.9 2,684.6 333.0 1,534.8 127.4 3,410.7 102.4
28 Jawzjan 64.4 109.8 33.7 293.5 327.2 217.5 198.1 114.7 185.2 255.0 128.3
29 Faryab 898.5 1,461.3 840.2 4,855.3 5,695.5 4,234.2 289.8 1,360.1 318.8 3,022.4 188.4
30 Helmand 129.6 196.1 86.8 595.7 682.6 486.5 248.1 315.3 116.5 700.7 97.4
31 Badghis 23.1 38.2 10.9 94.0 105.0 66.8 175.0 40.9 156.6 90.9 115.5
32 Herat 4,280.0 8,845.8 4,044.3 21,814.1 25,858.4 17,012.5 192.3 9,817.8 163.4 21,817.3 118.5
33 Farah 237.1 445.9 437.6 1,694.7 2,132.3 1,686.4 378.2 560.5 280.4 1,245.6 171.2
34 Nimroz 1,181.0 2,338.1 1,132.4 6,039.6 7,172.1 4,834.0 206.7 2,286.2 213.7 5,080.5 141.2
90 Central Ministries 11,324.0 22,813.3 9,223.7 57,468.3 66,692.1 43,878.8 192.3 24,291.7 174.5 53,981.5 123.5
95 Offshore Payments 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 N/A 0.0 N/A

Table 6.3a - Core Budget Expenditures
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Budge t Curre nt % 1391 YT D
Core (In millions of Afgha nis)
Actua l Actua l Pre lim Pre lim Pre lim Ce iling (3) Alloca te d Alloca te d
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Budge t (4) Budge t Cha nge % Incre a se
2 T OT AL GR OSS EXPEN D IT U R ES 63,802.4 102,196.2 41,303.3 64,410.5 105,713.8 354,077 364,530 29.0 3,517.7 3.4
Ope ra ting Budge t 44,526.3 75,362.2 34,003.9 48,045.7 82,049.6 196,327 225,376 36.4 6,687.4 8.9
D e ve lopme nt Budge t 19,276.1 26,834.0 7,299.4 16,364.8 23,664.3 157,750 139,154 17.0 -3,169.7 -11.8
Discretionary Budget 5,217.7 7,285.4 875.5 4,394.9 5,270.4 45,480 43,047 12.2 -2,015.0 -27.7
Non-discretionary Budget 14,058.3 19,548.5 6,424.0 11,969.9 18,393.9 112,270 96,107 19.1 -1,154.7 -5.9
2* T OT AL N ET EXPEN D IT U R ES 63,744.6 102,040.1 41,290.1 64,398.8 105,688.9 3,648.8 3.6
2-25 R ECU R R EN T EXPEN D IT U R ES 53,208.2 87,031.9 36,308.9 54,962.7 91,271.6 N /A 276,832 33.0 4,239.8 4.9
21 Compe nsa tion of Employe e s 34,388.8 59,900.1 28,916.1 34,191.3 63,107.3 142,156 145,115 43.5 3,207.3 5.4
of which ope ra ting budge t 34,388.8 59,900.1 28,916.1 34,191.3 63,107.3 142,156.1 145,115 43.5 3,207.3 5.4
211-3 Wages and Salaries 34,127.8 59,457.2 27,870.2 32,564.1 60,434.2 977.1 1.6
214-6 Social Benefits 261.0 442.9 1,045.9 1,627.2 2,673.1 2,230.2 503.5
22 U se of Goods a nd Se rvice s 15,866.5 21,594.5 5,570.6 16,774.1 22,344.7 N /A 107,487 20.8 750.2 3.5
of which ope ra ting budge t 6,353.5 8,910.1 3,178.1 8,051.5 11,229.6 27,495.7 44,418 25.3 2,319.4 26.0
221 Travel 640.0 914.0 404.0 565.4 969.4 55.4 6.1
222 Communications 0.0 0.0 256.0 839.9 1,095.8 1,095.8 N/A
223 Contracted Services 7,679.2 9,488.0 1,857.2 6,111.0 7,968.2 -1,519.7 -16.0
224 Repairs and Maintenance 286.6 416.1 439.4 1,689.4 2,128.7 1,712.7 411.6
225 Utilities 2,301.0 3,071.9 325.3 764.8 1,090.1 -1,981.8 -64.5
226 Fuel 1,125.7 1,563.9 670.8 1,391.6 2,062.4 498.5 31.9
227-9 Other Use of Goods and Services 3,834.0 6,140.7 1,618.0 5,412.1 7,030.1 889.4 14.5
23 Inte re st (1) - ope ra ting budge t 6.3 46.7 50.2 46.2 96.3 1,500.0 1,500 6.4 49.6 106.1
24 Socia l T ra nsfe rs - ope ra ting budge t 2,946.6 5,490.5 1,772.1 3,951.1 5,723.2 22,730.4 22,730 25.2 232.7 4.2
242 Subsidies 1,000.0 1,000.0 0.0 250.0 250.0 -750.0 -75.0
245 Grants 13.8 14.9 3.6 132.9 136.5 121.6 815.8
247 Social Security 1,910.4 4,146.8 1,759.9 3,514.8 5,274.7 1,127.9 27.2
248-9 Other Social Transfers 22.5 328.9 8.7 53.5 62.1 -266.8 -81.1
25 ACQU ISIT ION OF ASSET S

25 Gross Acquisition of N onfina ncia l Asse ts 10,594.2 15,164.3 4,994.4 9,447.8 14,442.2 N /A 87,698 16.5 -722.1 -4.8
of which ope ra ting budge t 831.0 1,014.7 87.4 1,805.7 1,893.1 2,444.8 11,613 16.3 878.4 86.6
25* N e t Acquisition of N onfina ncia l Asse ts (2) 10,536.3 15,008.2 4,981.2 9,436.1 14,417.3 -591.0 -3.9
150 Sale of Land and Buildings -57.8 -156.1 -13.2 -11.7 -25.0 131.1 -84.0
251 Buildings and Structures 6,168.2 10,302.3 1,286.5 5,205.7 6,492.2 -3,810.1 -37.0
252 Machinery / Equipment (>50,000) 1,119.2 1,423.3 322.0 1,181.9 1,503.8 80.5 5.7
257 Valuables 12.2 12.2 0.6 0.1 0.7 -11.5 -94.2
258 Land 3.7 25.8 1.8 142.2 144.0 118.2 458.5
259 Capital Advance Payments 3,290.8 3,400.7 3,383.5 2,918.0 6,301.5 2,900.8 85.3

4/ Total allocated budget is the same as the approved Budget ceiling. However, individual items for current allocated Budget do not add up to total published budget as they do not include contingency reserves not yet transferred to budgetary units.
Published budget figures are used for interest (code 23) and subsidies and transfers (code 24).

Table 6.3b - Operating Budget Expenditures
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Origina l Curre nt % 1391 YT D
Actua l Actua l Pre lim Pre lim Pre lim Budge t Alloca te d Alloca te d
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Ce iling Budge t (3) Budge t Cha nge % Incre a se
2 T OT AL GR OSS EXPEN D IT U R ES 44,526.3 75,362.2 34,003.9 48,045.7 82,049.6 196,327.0 225,376.3 36.4 6,687.4 8.9
2* T OT AL N ET EXPEN D IT U R ES (2) 44,468.5 75,206.2 33,990.6 48,034.0 82,024.6
2-25 R ECU R R EN T EXPEN D IT U R ES 43,695.3 74,347.5 33,916.4 46,240.0 80,156.5 193,882.2 213,763.4 37.5 5,809.0 7.8
21 Compe nsa tion of Employe e s 34,388.8 59,900.1 28,916.1 34,191.3 63,107.3 142,156.1 145,115.2 43.5 3,207.3 5.4
211-3 Wages and Salaries 34,127.8 59,457.2 27,870.2 32,564.1 60,434.2 977.1 1.6
214-6 Social Benefits 261.0 442.9 1,045.9 1,627.2 2,673.1 2,230.2 503.5
22 U se of Goods a nd Se rvice s 6,353.5 8,910.1 3,178.1 8,051.5 11,229.6 27,495.7 44,417.7 25.3 2,319.4 26.0
221 Travel 532.3 761.9 320.7 456.9 777.6 15.7 2.1
222 Communications 0.0 0.0 251.6 765.7 1,017.4 1,017.4 N/A
223 Contracted Services 190.7 295.5 113.2 395.9 509.0 213.6 72.3
224 Repairs and Maintenance 241.2 363.0 433.5 1,644.5 2,077.9 1,714.9 472.4
225 Utilities 2,210.0 2,970.3 313.3 699.1 1,012.4 -1,957.9 -65.9
226 Fuel 1,105.0 1,539.2 666.7 1,362.1 2,028.8 489.6 31.8
227-9 Other Use of Goods and Services 2,074.2 2,980.2 1,079.2 2,727.3 3,806.4 826.3 27.7
23 Inte re st (1) 6.3 46.7 50.2 46.2 96.3 1,500.0 1,500.0 6.4 49.6 106.1
24 Socia l T ra nsfe rs 2,946.6 5,490.5 1,772.1 3,951.1 5,723.2 22,730.4 22,730.4 25.2 232.7 4.2
242 Subsidies 1,000.0 1,000.0 0.0 250.0 250.0 -750.0 -75.0
245 Grants 13.8 14.9 3.6 132.9 136.5 121.6 815.8
247 Social Security 1,910.4 4,146.8 1,759.9 3,514.8 5,274.7 1,127.9 27.2
248-9 Other Social Transfers 22.5 328.9 8.7 53.5 62.1 -266.8 -81.1
25 ACQU ISIT ION OF ASSET S

25 Gross Acquisition of N onfina ncia l Asse ts 831.0 1,014.7 87.4 1,805.7 1,893.1 2,444.8 11,613.0 16.3 878.4 86.6
25* N e t Acquisition of N onfina ncia l Asse ts (2) 773.2 858.7 74.2 1,794.0 1,868.1 1,009.5 117.6
Source: FPD using AFMIS data downloaded on the 4 August 2013, and Central Statistical Office for GDP data.

3/ Total allocated budget is the same as the approved Budget ceiling. However, individual items for current allocated Budget do not add up to total published budget as they do not include contingency reserves not yet transferred to budgetary units.
Published budget figures are used for interest (code 23) and subsidies and transfers (code 24).

Table 6.3c - Development Budget Expenditures
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Origina l Curre nt % 1391 YT D
Actua l Actua l Pre lim Pre lim Pre lim Budge t Alloca te d Alloca te d
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Ce iling (3) Budge t (4) Budge t Cha nge % Incre a se
2 T OT AL GROSS EXPENDIT URES 19,276.1 26,834.0 7,299.4 16,364.8 23,664.3 157,750.1 157,750.1 15.0 -3,169.7 -11.8
Discretionary Budget 5,217.7 7,285.4 875.5 4,394.9 5,270.4 45,479.7 45,479.7 11.6 -2,015.0 -27.7
Non-discretionary Budget 14,058.3 19,548.5 6,424.0 11,969.9 18,393.9 112,270.3 112,270.3 16.4 -1,154.7 -5.9
2* T OT AL NET EXPENDIT URES (2) 19,276.1 26,834.0 7,299.4 16,364.8 23,664.3 -3,169.7 -11.8
2-25 RECURRENT EXPENDIT URES 9,512.9 12,684.4 2,392.5 8,722.7 11,115.1 N/A 63,069.1 17.6 -1,569.2 -12.4
Compe nsa tion of Employe e s 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 N/A
211-3 Wages and Salaries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
214-5 Social Benefits 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Use of Goods a nd Se rvice s 9,512.9 12,684.4 2,392.5 8,722.7 11,115.1 N/A 63,069.1 17.6 -1,569.2 -12.4
221 Travel 107.7 152.0 83.3 108.5 191.8 39.7 26.1
222 Communications 0.0 0.0 4.4 74.1 78.5 78.5 N/A
223 Contracted Services 7,488.5 9,192.5 1,744.0 5,715.1 7,459.2 -1,733.3 -18.9
224 Repairs and Maintenance 45.3 53.0 5.9 44.9 50.8 -2.2 -4.2
225 Utilities 91.0 101.6 12.0 65.7 77.7 -23.9 -23.5
226 Fuel 20.7 24.7 4.1 29.5 33.6 8.9 35.9
227-9 Other Use of Goods and Services 1,759.8 3,160.5 538.8 2,684.8 3,223.6 63.1 2.0
23 Inte re st (1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 N/A
24 Socia l T ra nsfe rs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 N/A
242 Subsidies 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
245 Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
247 Social Security 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
248-9 Other Social Transfers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
Gross Acquisition of Nonfina ncia l Asse ts 9,763.1 14,149.6 4,907.0 7,642.1 12,549.1 N/A 76,149.1 16.5 -1,600.5 -11.3
25* Ne t Acquisition of Nonfina ncia l Asse ts (2) 9,763.1 14,149.6 4,907.0 7,642.1 12,549.1 -1,600.5 -11.3
150 Sale of Land and Buildings 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
251 Buildings and Structures 6,004.5 10,106.6 1,255.4 4,412.4 5,667.8 -4,438.8 -43.9
252 Machinery / Equipment (>50,000) 468.9 646.8 270.3 282.0 552.2 -94.6 -14.6
257 Valuables 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.1 -100.0
258 Land -0.4 0.0 1.1 33.6 34.7 34.7 N/A
259 Capital Advance Payments 3,289.0 3,395.0 3,380.2 2,914.2 6,294.4 2,899.4 85.4

4/ Total allocated budget is the same as the approved Budget ceiling. However, individual items for current allocated Budget do not add up to total published budget as they do not include contingency reserves not yet
transferred to budgetary units. Published budget figures are used for interest (code 23) and subsidies and transfers (code 24).

Table 6.4 Total Core Budget Expenditures by Afghanistan National Development Strategy Pillar
1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 Comparison to Budget 1392 Comparison
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Original Current % to 1391 YT D
In millions of Afghanis
Actual Actual Prelim Prelim Prelim Budget Allocated Allocated %
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Ceiling Budget (1) Budget Change Increase
T OT AL GROSS EXPENDIT URES 63,782.6 102,205.1 41,303.3 64,428.1 105,782.1 354,550.8 354,550.8 29.8 3,577.0 3.5
Security 28,323.6 47,164.0 21,694.0 29,721.3 51,415.3 152,336.2 175,160.6 29.4 4,251.2 9.0
Development Budget 233.0 235.2 33.0 117.0 150.0 39,245.1 39,245.1 0.4 -85.2 -36.2
T otal Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights 3,206.9 5,779.9 2,318.4 3,471.8 5,840.9 15,104.9 16,583.4 35.2 61.0 1.1
Development Budget 426.7 1,452.9 82.3 571.8 704.8 3,927.4 3,927.4 17.9 -748.1 -51.5
T otal Infrastructure and Natural Resources 9,350.2 14,461.9 2,699.4 5,695.5 8,394.9 50,126.0 51,765.1 16.2 -6,067.0 -42.0
Operating Budget 1,079.5 1,635.9 798.8 1,263.0 2,061.8 3,232.7 4,871.7 42.3 425.9 26.0
T otal Education 9,604.1 15,137.5 6,243.9 9,994.0 16,237.9 53,485.3 54,035.3 30.1 1,100.4 7.3
Development Budget 1,339.0 1,785.1 552.3 2,319.5 2,871.8 19,435.5 19,435.5 14.8 1,086.6 60.9
T otal Health 2,712.2 3,498.7 646.5 3,214.7 3,861.1 13,141.8 13,283.6 29.1 362.4 10.4
Operating Budget 600.4 1,010.0 480.7 684.1 1,164.8 3,395.9 3,537.6 32.9 154.8 15.3
Development Budget 2,111.8 2,488.7 165.8 2,530.6 2,696.4 9,746.0 9,746.0 27.7 207.6 8.3
T otal Agriculture and Rural Development 6,304.7 8,261.1 4,494.2 5,761.9 10,256.1 28,282.0 28,727.7 35.7 1,995.0 24.1
Operating Budget 474.0 828.6 381.3 656.0 1,037.3 2,036.5 2,482.1 41.8 208.7 25.2
Development Budget 5,830.7 7,432.5 4,112.9 5,105.9 9,218.8 26,245.6 26,245.6 35.1 1,786.3 24.0
T otal Social Protection 2,703.2 5,401.3 2,185.0 4,383.1 6,568.1 3,435.4 11,697.1 56.2 1,166.8 21.6
T otal Economic Governance and Private Sector Development 1,577.7 2,500.7 1,021.9 2,185.8 3,207.7 8,801.7 11,866.3 27.0 707.1 28.3
Development Budget 801.2 1,199.1 419.9 1,040.0 1,459.9 6,014.1 6,014.1 24.3 260.8 21.7
T otal Unclassified 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29,837.4 9,731.2 0.0 0.0 N/A
Operating Budget 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24,704.2 4,598.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
Development Budget 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,133.2 5,133.2 0.0 0.0 N/A
development budget is the same as the latest approved budget.

Table 6.5a Total Core Budget Gross Expenditures by Ministry
1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to Budge t 1392 Compa rison
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Origina l Curre nt % to 1391 Y T D
Code In millions of Afgha nis
Actua l Actua l P re lim P re lim P re lim Budge t Alloca te d Alloca te d %
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Ce iling Budge t (1) Budge t Cha nge Incre a se
25 T OT AL GR OS S E XP E N D IT U R E S 63,782.6 102,205.1 41,303.3 64,428.1 105,782.1 354,550.8 354,550.8 29.8 3,577.0 3.5
Ope ra ting Budge t 44,476.1 74,385.8 34,003.9 48,045.7 82,049.6 196,800.8 196,800.8 41.7 7,663.8 10.3
D e ve lopme nt Budge t 19,306.5 27,819.3 7,299.4 16,382.4 23,732.5 157,750.1 157,750.1 15.0 -4,086.8 -14.7
26 Ministry of Inte rior 13,171.2 20,041.8 8,418.6 11,387.5 19,806.1 59,602.4 70,778.0 28.0 -235.7 -1.2
Operating Budget 13,135.7 20,006.0 8,389.4 11,339.7 19,729.2 42,667.7 53,843.3 36.6 -276.8 -1.4
Development Budget 35.4 35.8 29.1 47.8 76.9 16,934.7 16,934.7 0.5 41.1 114.6
22 Ministry of D e fe nce 12,372.1 21,917.2 9,750.3 14,904.8 24,655.1 78,603.9 89,894.9 27.4 2,738.0 12.5
23 Ministry of Fore ign Affa irs 836.0 1,378.3 799.7 667.9 1,467.6 3,117.4 3,311.1 44.3 89.3 6.5
Development Budget 180.0 180.7 0.0 27.8 27.8 467.4 467.4 5.9 -153.0 -84.6
15 P re side ntia l P rote ctive S e rvice 255.1 504.5 273.4 293.7 567.0 1,091.5 1,255.7 45.2 62.5 12.4
Operating Budget 250.5 499.9 273.4 279.9 553.3 873.1 1,037.3 53.3 53.4 10.7
Development Budget 4.6 4.6 0.0 13.8 13.8 218.4 218.4 6.3 9.1 197.8
64 Ge ne ra l D ire ctora te of N a tiona l S e curity 1,689.2 3,322.2 2,452.0 2,467.4 4,919.4 9,921.0 9,921.0 49.6 1,597.2 48.1
T ota l S e curity 28,323.6 47,164.0 21,694.0 29,721.3 51,415.3 152,336.2 175,160.6 29.4 4,251.2 9.0
10 P re side nts Office 492.7 820.6 372.1 465.2 837.3 2,188.1 2,331.5 35.9 16.7 2.0
11 N a tiona l Asse mbly Me sha nro Jirga 103.3 245.9 135.8 141.5 277.3 657.4 657.5 42.2 31.4 12.8
Operating Budget 103.3 241.2 113.7 124.2 237.9 530.9 530.9 44.8 -3.3 -1.4
12 N a tiona l Asse mbly W ole si Jirga 253.4 587.0 301.9 332.5 634.3 1,251.1 1,260.3 50.3 47.4 8.1
Development Budget 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.5 28.5 0.0 0.0 N/A
14 S upre me Court 359.9 657.1 308.2 379.6 687.8 1,609.0 1,797.8 38.3 30.8 4.7
50 Ministry of Justice 150.7 262.7 108.4 157.8 266.2 1,025.7 1,044.0 25.5 3.5 1.3
Operating Budget 140.4 236.9 104.4 149.6 254.0 606.4 624.7 40.7 17.1 7.2
13 Administra tive Affa irs 429.0 942.6 218.1 450.0 668.1 977.0 1,894.4 35.3 -274.5 -29.1
Operating Budget 420.3 927.7 215.4 439.4 654.8 724.4 1,641.7 39.9 -273.0 -29.4
21 Ministry of S ta te a nd P a rlia me nta rt Affa irs 32.3 49.0 18.5 32.8 51.4 114.9 132.0 38.9 2.4 4.8
24 Ministry of H a j a nd R e ligious Affa irs 151.3 238.8 110.0 153.2 263.2 997.5 1,028.5 25.6 24.3 10.2
51 Attorne y Ge ne ra l 247.0 433.9 213.4 248.2 461.6 1,234.8 1,247.2 37.0 27.6 6.4
72 E le ction Commission 24.4 45.1 22.4 28.5 50.9 127.0 127.6 39.9 5.8 12.9
Development Budget 0.0 0.0 2.7 2.2 4.9 0.0 0.0 - 4.9 N/A
62 IAR CS C 166.9 264.9 101.8 194.7 296.5 341.0 353.5 83.9 31.6 11.9
85 Inde pe nde nt Commission for Ove rse e ing the Imple me nta tion of
86.1
Cons 140.0 12.2 76.7 139.7 579.7 585.9 23.8 -0.3 -0.2
67 T he H igh office of Ove rsight a nd Anti Corruption 34.9 57.2 28.9 53.4 82.3 163.8 170.3 48.3 25.1 43.8
59 Inde pe nde nt D ire ctora te of Loca l Gove rna nce 674.9 1,035.2 366.8 757.6 1,124.4 3,773.7 3,888.9 28.9 89.2 8.6
74 Le ga l T ra ining Ce nte r 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.2 64.2 0.0 0.0 N/A
Operating Budget 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 N/A
T ota l Gove rna nce , R ule of La w a nd H uma n R ights 3,206.9 5,779.9 2,318.4 3,471.8 5,840.9 15,104.9 16,583.4 35.2 61.0 1.1
development budget is the same as the latest approved budget.

Table 6.5b Total Core Budget Gross Expenditures by Ministry (continued)
42 Ministry of P ublic W orks 6,099.9 9,648.3 1,344.1 2,767.8 4,111.9 23,584.5 25,062.1 16.4 -5,536.4 -57.4
Operating Budget 505.3 642.8 309.3 613.6 922.9 533.7 2,011.3 45.9 280.1 43.6
45 Ministry of T ra nsport a nd Avia tion 426.1 711.6 100.2 428.6 528.8 2,358.7 2,390.6 22.1 -182.8 -25.7
34 Ministry of Communica tion 168.6 276.1 126.1 161.7 287.8 2,968.1 2,975.3 9.7 11.7 4.3
41 Ministry of E ne rgy a nd W a te r 1,103.7 1,580.9 586.5 1,042.0 1,628.5 12,541.9 12,625.8 12.9 47.6 3.0
Development Budget 992.3 1,403.1 493.4 916.2 1,409.6 11,996.9 11,996.9 11.7 6.6 0.5
82 W a te r S upply a nd Ca na liza tion Corpora tion 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 513.1 513.1 0.0 0.0 N/A
83 D a Brishna S hirka t 198.4 342.2 125.4 204.8 330.2 179.6 179.6 183.8 -12.0 -3.5
49 Ministry of U rba n D e ve lopme nt 434.1 659.5 41.8 365.2 407.0 1,445.4 1,458.5 27.9 -252.4 -38.3
84 Inde pe nde nt Boa rd of ne w Ka bul 47.4 63.0 29.4 42.3 71.7 69.6 69.6 103.0 8.7 13.8
32 Ministry of Mine s a nd Industrie s 702.0 900.7 200.2 485.1 685.3 2,334.8 2,348.8 29.2 -215.4 -23.9
65 Ge ode sy a nd Ca rtogra phy Office 32.1 59.6 27.3 33.1 60.4 2,234.3 2,235.0 2.7 0.7 1.2
60 D ire ctora te of E nvironme nt 60.1 89.4 36.2 44.1 80.3 288.8 296.2 27.1 -9.1 -10.2
Operating Budget 0.0 0.0 36.2 44.1 80.3 170.0 177.5 45.2 80.3 N/A
75 Afgha nista n H igh Atomic E ne rgy Commission 5.9 10.6 5.5 7.6 13.1 36.3 39.5 33.0 2.4 22.8
Operating Budget 0.0 0.0 5.5 7.6 13.1 36.3 39.5 33.0 13.1 N/A
Development Budget 5.9 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -10.6 -100.0
77 P rovincia l Muncipa litie s 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 N/A
79 Municipa litie s 71.7 120.0 76.5 113.4 189.9 1,570.9 1,570.9 12.1 69.9 58.2
T ota l Infra structure a nd N a tura l R e source s 9,350.2 14,461.9 2,699.4 5,695.5 8,394.9 50,126.0 51,765.1 16.2 -6,067.0 -42.0
Operating Budget 1,079.5 1,635.9 798.8 1,263.0 2,061.8 3,232.7 4,871.7 42.3 425.9 26.0
27 Ministry of E duca tion 8,224.7 13,085.9 5,526.8 8,549.6 14,076.4 44,127.3 44,558.7 31.6 990.5 7.6
28 Ministry of H ighe r E duca tion 998.7 1,472.8 514.7 1,000.4 1,515.1 6,997.1 7,057.1 21.5 42.3 2.9
Operating Budget 782.3 1,184.3 441.6 686.0 1,127.5 3,190.8 3,250.8 34.7 -56.8 -4.8
36 Ministry of Informa tion a nd Culture 210.7 329.0 150.2 267.5 417.6 1,353.8 1,402.7 29.8 88.6 26.9
61 S cie nce Aca de my 49.5 88.5 44.1 60.3 104.4 192.5 193.9 53.8 15.9 18.0
63 N a tiona l Olympic Committe e 120.6 161.3 8.2 116.2 124.4 814.6 822.8 15.1 -36.9 -22.9
T ota l E duca tion 9,604.1 15,137.5 6,243.9 9,994.0 16,237.9 53,485.3 54,035.3 30.1 1,100.4 7.3
Development Budget 1,339.0 1,785.1 552.3 2,319.5 2,871.8 19,435.5 19,435.5 14.8 1,086.6 60.9
37 Ministry of P ublic H e a lth 2,712.2 3,498.7 646.5 3,214.7 3,861.1 13,141.8 13,283.6 29.1 362.4 10.4
T ota l H e a lth 2,712.2 3,498.7 646.5 3,214.7 3,861.1 13,141.8 13,283.6 29.1 362.4 10.4

Table 6.5c - Total Core Budget Gross Expenditures by Ministry (continued)
Code (In millions of Afgha nis)
39 Ministry of Agriculture 1,142.9 2,176.3 360.4 1,715.2 2,075.6 7,899.0 8,210.2 25.3 -100.7 -4.6
Development Budget 852.7 1,658.6 121.3 1,225.8 1,347.1 6,607.5 6,607.5 20.4 -311.5 -18.8
48 Ministry of Counte r N a rcotics 157.5 183.3 34.0 305.7 339.8 864.0 872.2 39.0 156.5 85.4
43 Ministry of R ura l R e ha bilita tion a nd D e ve lopme nt 5,004.3 5,901.5 4,099.8 3,740.9 7,840.7 19,519.0 19,645.3 39.9 1,939.3 32.9
T ota l Agriculture a nd R ura l D e ve lopme nt 6,304.7 8,261.1 4,494.2 5,761.9 10,256.1 28,282.0 28,727.7 35.7 1,995.0 24.1
46 Ministry of Frontie rs a nd T riba l Affa irs 103.5 181.5 48.3 107.2 155.5 599.5 620.1 25.1 -26.0 -14.3
47 Ministry of Ma rtyrs, D isa ble d a nd S ocia l Affa irs 2,397.2 4,916.9 2,028.9 4,078.9 6,107.8 2,100.5 10,266.2 59.5 1,190.9 24.2
29 Ministry of R e fuge e s a nd R e pa tria te s 81.9 124.8 40.4 97.0 137.4 246.2 304.0 45.2 12.6 10.1
38 Ministry of W ome n Affa irs 86.1 118.3 32.7 62.3 95.0 226.1 240.7 39.5 -23.3 -19.7
68 Office of D isa ste r P re pa re dne ss 24.4 39.9 13.2 21.6 34.8 163.8 163.8 21.2 -5.1 -12.7
76 D ire ctora te of Kochis 9.9 19.9 21.5 16.1 37.6 99.4 102.3 36.8 17.7 88.8
T ota l S ocia l P rote ction 2,703.2 5,401.3 2,185.0 4,383.1 6,568.1 3,435.4 11,697.1 56.2 1,166.8 21.6
20 Ministry of Fina nce 1,128.5 1,852.0 721.7 1,699.2 2,420.9 6,280.6 9,302.8 26.0 568.9 30.7
Development Budget 542.5 889.0 291.6 783.0 1,074.6 4,444.6 4,444.6 24.2 185.5 20.9
25 Ministry of Comme rce 118.1 185.7 90.4 157.6 248.0 795.5 817.6 30.3 62.4 33.6
35 Ministry of E conomy 185.7 255.5 112.2 136.8 249.0 657.2 662.2 37.6 -6.5 -2.6
66 Control a nd Audit Office 73.0 94.7 52.5 79.1 131.6 526.8 536.3 24.5 36.9 38.9
73 Ce ntra l S ta tistics Office 42.1 75.6 37.7 100.5 138.2 295.0 297.0 46.5 62.6 82.8
58 Afgha nista n N a tiona l S ta nda rd Authority 30.3 37.1 7.3 12.6 19.9 246.6 250.4 8.0 -17.1 -46.2
T ota l E conomic Gov. a nd P riva te S e ctor D e ve l't 1,577.7 2,500.7 1,021.9 2,185.8 3,207.7 8,801.7 11,866.3 27.0 707.1 28.3
Development Budget 801.2 1,199.1 419.9 1,040.0 1,459.9 6,014.1 6,014.1 24.3 260.8 21.7
80 Afgha nista n Inve stme nt S upport Age ncy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.0 52.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
81 Micro Fina nce Inve stme nt S upport Fa cility for Afgha nista n 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 262.9 262.9 0.0 0.0 N/A
86 E xtra budge ta ry Age ncie s 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 N/A
90 U na lloca te d R e se rve s 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29,522.4 4,818.3 0.0 0.0 N/A
Operating Budget 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24,704.2 0.0 - 0.0 N/A
99 U nspe cifie d 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,598.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
Operating Budget 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,598.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
T ota l U ncla ssifie d 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29,837.4 9,731.2 0.0 0.0 N/A

Table 6.6a Core Budget Gross Expenditures by Program (Ministries implementing Program Budgeting in 1392)
O P E R AT IN G BU D G E T D E V E LO P M E N T BU D G E T T O T AL BU D G E T
1392 Co mp a riso n to Bud g e t 1392 Co mp a riso n to Bud g e t 1392 Co mp a riso n to Bud g e t
Co d e (In millio ns o f Afg ha nis) Q tr 2 Curre nt % Q tr 2 Curre nt % Q tr 2 Curre nt %
P re lim Allo ca te d Allo ca te d P re lim Allo ca te d Allo ca te d P re lim Allo ca te d Allo ca te d
YT D Bud g e t (1) Bud g e t YT D Bud g e t (1) Bud g e t YT D Bud g e t (1) Bud g e t
27 M inistry o f E d uca tio n 11,693.8 30,023.4 38.9 2,386.3 14,735.3 16.2 14,080.1 44,758.7 31.5
271 General & Islamic Education 10,162.1 25,379.0 40.0 808.9 5,651.3 14.3 10,971.0 31,030.4 35.4
272 Curriculum development & teacher training 355.2 1,117.6 31.8 717.2 4,736.8 15.1 1,072.4 5,854.4 18.3
273 T echnical and vocational training program 359.4 1,187.4 30.3 109.8 1,525.2 7.2 469.2 2,712.7 17.3
274 Literacy and informal Education 195.4 512.1 38.1 268.5 442.2 60.7 463.9 954.4 48.6
275 Education management 621.8 1,827.2 34.0 481.9 2,379.7 20.2 1,103.7 4,206.9 26.2
999 Expenditure returns 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A
39 M inistry o f Ag riculture , Irrig a tio n a nd Live sto729.2
ck 1,602.7 45.5 1,347.1 6,625.2 20.3 2,076.3 8,228.0 25.2
391 Natural Resource Management 105.1 259.8 40.5 318.0 477.4 66.6 423.1 737.2 57.4
392 Agriculture Production and Productivity 381.7 745.1 51.2 816.4 3,999.4 20.4 1,198.0 4,744.5 25.3
393 Economic Regeneration 64.9 169.0 38.4 186.4 1,754.4 10.6 251.3 1,923.4 13.1
394 Reform and Capacity Building 177.5 428.9 41.4 26.3 394.1 6.7 203.8 823.0 24.8
43 M inistry o f R ura l R e ha b ilita tio n a nd D e ve lo p470.0
me nt 730.4 64.3 7,371.1 19,740.7 37.3 7,841.1 20,471.1 38.3
431 Rural Infrastructure (RI) 232.1 0.0 N/A 519.0 4,819.9 10.8 751.1 4,819.9 15.6
432 Economic Regenration (ER) 0.0 0.0 N/A 205.3 1,070.5 19.2 205.3 1,070.5 19.2
433 Local Governance 0.0 0.0 N/A 6,646.8 13,850.3 48.0 6,646.8 13,850.3 48.0
435 Institutional Support Program (ISP) 237.9 730.4 32.6 0.0 0.0 N/A 237.9 730.4 32.6
20 M inistry o f F ina nce 1,435.5 4,858.2 29.5 1,070.0 4,521.2 23.7 2,505.5 9,379.4 26.7
201 Public Financial Management 744.7 3,302.8 22.5 404.2 2,131.2 19.0 1,148.9 5,434.0 21.1
202 Revenue Management 216.8 530.7 40.9 345.9 695.7 49.7 562.7 1,226.4 45.9
203 Operation (Gerneral Adminisrtration) 466.1 995.6 46.8 130.6 1,021.4 12.8 596.8 2,017.0 29.6
204 Policy Management 7.9 29.1 27.2 189.2 672.8 28.1 197.2 702.0 28.1
42 M inistry o f P ub lic W o rks 1,003.8 2,011.3 49.9 3,110.2 23,260.3 13.4 4,114.0 25,271.6 16.3
421 T ransportation Infrastructures 98.8 40.8 241.9 3,110.2 23,260.3 13.4 3,209.0 23,301.2 13.8
422 Maintenance of T ranpsort Infrastructure 849.5 1,829.2 46.4 0.0 0.0 N/A 849.5 1,829.2 46.4
423 Admin & Finance 55.6 141.3 39.4 0.0 0.0 N/A 55.6 141.3 39.4
37 M inistry o f P ub lic H e a lth 1,168.9 3,537.6 33.0 2,696.4 9,795.9 27.5 3,865.2 13,333.5 29.0
371 Institutional Development and Assessment (IDA) 25.6 55.2 46.3 144.8 2,063.6 7.0 170.3 2,118.8 8.0
372 Health Service Provision 506.8 1,853.0 27.4 2,551.6 7,649.0 33.4 3,058.4 9,502.1 32.2
373 Admin 636.4 1,629.4 39.1 0.0 83.3 0.0 636.4 1,712.7 37.2
59 Ind e p e nd e nt D ire cto ra te o f Lo ca l G o ve rna nce
921.6 2,658.5 34.7 203.3 1,239.1 16.4 1,124.9 3,897.6 28.9
591 National Principals for Local Governance 6.9 20.0 34.3 0.0 0.0 N/A 6.9 20.0 34.3
592 Local Governance Management 777.3 2,074.5 37.5 203.3 1,239.1 16.4 980.6 3,313.6 29.6
593 General Supporting Services 137.5 564.0 24.4 0.0 0.0 N/A 137.5 564.0 24.4
49 Ministry of Urban Development 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A
49 M inistry o f U rb a n D e ve lo p me nt 100.3 262.6 38.2 306.8 1,227.0 25.0 407.1 1,489.6 27.3
491 Planning & Urban Development 9.4 20.3 46.4 27.2 239.7 11.3 36.6 260.0 14.1
492 Housing 3.9 9.5 41.3 158.2 418.8 37.8 162.1 428.4 37.9
493 Urban Infrastructure 10.3 26.3 39.1 102.8 538.1 19.1 113.1 564.4 20.0
494 Management & Operations 76.7 206.5 37.1 18.6 30.3 61.3 95.3 236.8 40.2
(1) Official data on the revised development budget by program are not available. Figures on allocated budget for the development budget are taken from budget alocations shown in AFMIS data, which differs from published
data shown in Tables 6.5.

Table 6.6b Core Budget Gross Expenditures by Program (Ministries implementing Program Budgeting in 1392) continued
OP E R AT IN G BU D GE T D E V E LOP M E N T BU D GE T T OT AL BU D GE T
1392 Co mp a riso n to Bud g e t 1392 Co mp a riso n to Bud g e t 1392 Co mp a riso n to Bud g e t
Co d e In millio ns o f Afg ha nis Qtr 2 Curre nt % Qtr 2 Curre nt % Qtr 2 Curre nt %
P re lim Allo ca te d Allo ca te d P re lim Allo ca te d Allo ca te d P re lim Allo ca te d Allo ca te d
YT D Bud g e t (1) Bud g e t YT D Bud g e t (1) Bud g e t YT D Bud g e t (1) Bud g e t
45 M inistry o f T ra nsp o rt & Civil Avia tio n 221.5 568.4 39.0 308.5 2,032.9 15.2 530.1 2,601.3 20.4
451 Air T ransport Services 92.1 242.3 38.0 34.1 1,255.6 2.7 126.2 1,497.9 8.4
452 Land T ransport Services 61.7 160.6 38.4 0.0 0.0 N/A 61.7 160.6 38.4
34 M inistry o f Co mmunica tio n a nd Info rma tio n T214.9 e chno lo g y 510.7 42.1 73.3 2,484.2 2.9 288.2 2,994.9 9.6
341 E - Afghanistan 47.6 106.5 44.7 73.3 2,484.2 2.9 120.9 2,590.7 4.7
342 ICT Literacy 9.7 26.6 36.5 0.0 0.0 N/A 9.7 26.6 36.5
343 General Administration & Management 157.6 377.6 41.7 0.0 0.0 N/A 157.6 377.6 41.7
25 M inistry o f Co mme rce a nd Ind ustry 178.1 389.1 45.8 74.1 429.1 17.3 252.2 818.2 30.8
251 Private Sector and Industry Development 11.2 25.0 44.6 54.0 344.1 15.7 65.1 369.1 17.6
252 T rade Policy and T ransit 128.5 272.3 47.2 1.1 7.9 14.2 129.6 280.2 46.2
253 Admin and Regulatory Services 38.5 91.8 41.9 19.0 77.1 24.6 57.5 169.0 34.0
47 M inistry o f La b o ur, S o cia l Affa irs, M a rtyrs a5,928.0
nd D isa b le 9,551.5
d 62.1 180.6 854.6 21.1 6,108.7 10,406.1 58.7
471 Labor Support Program 3,335.7 5,024.8 66.4 166.9 778.8 21.4 3,502.6 5,803.5 60.4
472 Social services 190.2 416.1 45.7 0.2 1.3 11.9 190.3 417.3 45.6
473 Martyrs and Disabled 2,018.0 3,230.5 62.5 3.9 44.5 8.7 2,021.9 3,275.0 61.7
474 Administration & Finance 384.1 880.2 43.6 9.7 30.1 32.3 393.8 910.3 43.3
999 Expenditure returns 0.0 149.0 0.0 0.0 715.0 0.0 0.0 864.0 0.0
22 M inistry o f D e fe nce 24,727.6 68,398.5 36.2 2.3 14,413.4 0.0 24,729.9 82,811.9 29.9
221 Cambat forces 18,684.8 50,917.5 36.7 0.0 14,408.2 0.0 18,684.8 65,325.7 28.6
222 Supportive forces 6,042.8 17,481.0 34.6 2.3 5.2 44.1 6,045.0 17,486.2 34.6
38 M inistry o f W o me n's Affa irs 79.9 203.4 39.3 15.2 37.3 40.8 95.1 240.7 39.5
381 Women Support and Strengthening 4.7 10.7 43.7 0.0 0.0 N/A 4.7 10.7 43.7
382 Gender Development and policy monitoring 6.1 13.1 46.4 5.6 5.7 97.0 11.7 18.8 61.8
383 Administration & Finance 69.1 179.6 38.5 9.6 31.6 30.6 78.8 211.2 37.3
35 M inistry o f E co no my 93.8 257.4 36.4 155.3 407.1 38.1 249.1 664.5 37.5
351 Economic Policy and Strategy and Monitoring and Evaluation 61.2 158.8 38.5 108.0 254.1 42.5 169.2 412.9 41.0
10 P re sid e nt's Office 792.4 1,860.6 42.6 45.3 470.9 9.6 837.7 2,331.5 35.9
101 Providing Services to the Prisedent 792.4 1,860.6 42.6 45.3 470.9 9.6 837.7 2,331.5 35.9
28 M inistry o f H ig he r E d uca tio n 1,129.7 3,250.8 34.8 387.6 4,299.0 9.0 1,517.3 7,549.9 20.1
281 Providing higher education opportunities 9.1 25.7 35.4 387.6 4,299.0 9.0 396.7 4,324.7 9.2
282 Leadership & Management of Higher Education System 1,120.6 3,225.2 34.7 0.0 0.0 N/A 1,120.6 3,225.2 34.7
62 Civil S e rvice Co mmisso in 157.0 334.3 47.0 156.8 497.4 31.5 313.8 831.8 37.7
621 Appointments & Appeals 23.6 53.6 44.1 0.0 0.0 N/A 23.6 53.6 44.1
622 Public Administrative Reforms 17.8 39.0 45.7 0.0 0.0 N/A 17.8 39.0 45.7
623 Capacity Development 15.8 33.3 47.4 7.4 36.0 20.7 23.3 69.3 33.5
624 Supportive Program 82.5 208.4 39.6 149.4 461.4 32.4 231.9 669.8 34.6
(1) Official data on the revised development budget by program are not available. Figures on allocated budget for the development budget are taken from budget alocations shown in AFMIS data, which differs from published
data shown in Tables 6.5.

Table 6.7 Total Core Budget Expenditures by COFOG Sector
1391 1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Pe rce nt Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Pe rce nt 1391 YT D
Code (In millions of Afgha nis)
Actua l Actua l of T ota l Pre lim Pre lim Pre lim of T ota l Cha nge % Incre a se
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D
2 T OT AL N ET EXPEN D IT U R E 63,744.6 102,040.1 41,290.1 64,398.8 105,688.9 3,648.8 3.6
N /A
150 Sale of Land and Buildings 57.8 156.1 13.2 11.7 25.0 -131.1 -84.0
N /A
2+150 T OT AL GR OSS EXPEN D IT U R E 63,802.4 102,196.2 100.0 41,303.3 64,410.5 105,713.8 100.0 3,517.7 3.4
RECURRENT EXPENDITURE 53,208.2 87,031.9 85.2 36,308.9 54,962.7 91,271.6 86.3 4,239.8 4.9
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE 10,594.2 15,164.3 14.8 4,994.4 9,447.8 14,442.2 13.7 -722.1 -4.8
0.0
701 Ge ne ra l Public Se rvice s (1) 6,610.8 12,032.9 11.8 4,920.6 7,860.6 12,781.2 12.1 748.2 6.2
Recurrent Expenditure 6,089.6 11,429.7 11.2 4,843.5 7,061.6 11,905.0 11.3 475.3 4.2
Capital Expenditure 521.2 603.2 0.6 77.1 799.0 876.1 0.8 272.9 45.2
702 D e fe nce 11,675.8 20,619.8 20.2 10,544.5 14,567.7 25,112.2 23.8 4,492.3 21.8
Recurrent Expenditure 11,405.7 20,222.6 19.8 10,524.5 13,261.9 23,786.4 22.5 3,563.8 17.6
Capital Expenditure 270.1 397.2 0.4 20.0 1,305.8 1,325.8 1.3 928.6 233.8
703 Public Orde r a nd Sa fe ty 14,373.9 22,051.2 21.6 9,259.7 12,762.0 22,021.7 20.8 -29.5 -0.1
Recurrent Expenditure 13,667.7 21,190.3 20.7 9,141.7 12,076.5 21,218.2 20.1 27.8 0.1
Capital Expenditure 706.3 860.9 0.8 118.0 685.5 803.5 0.8 -57.4 -6.7
704 Economic Affa irs 15,555.7 22,743.1 22.3 7,474.6 11,455.6 18,930.3 17.9 -3,812.9 -16.8
Recurrent Expenditure 7,660.4 10,942.6 10.7 2,772.7 6,224.6 8,997.3 8.5 -1,945.2 -17.8
Capital Expenditure 7,895.3 11,800.6 11.5 4,701.9 5,231.0 9,932.9 9.4 -1,867.7 -15.8
705 Environme nta l Prote ction 45.9 70.0 0.1 25.2 31.2 56.4 0.1 -13.7 -19.5
Recurrent Expenditure 30.0 54.2 0.1 25.1 31.0 56.1 0.1 1.9 3.4
706 H ousing a nd Communa l Ame nitie s 433.1 644.5 0.6 46.2 346.5 392.7 0.4 -251.7 -39.1
Recurrent Expenditure 122.7 172.2 0.2 40.9 101.7 142.6 0.1 -29.6 -17.2
707 H e a lth 2,748.5 3,560.9 3.5 679.5 3,255.8 3,935.3 3.7 374.4 10.5
Recurrent Expenditure 2,664.9 3,440.2 3.4 662.8 3,198.4 3,861.2 3.7 421.1 12.2
708 R e cre a tion, Culture a nd R e ligion 735.8 1,017.5 1.0 302.7 596.5 899.2 0.9 -118.3 -11.6
Recurrent Expenditure 481.7 739.6 0.7 299.4 475.3 774.7 0.7 35.1 4.7
709 Educa tion 9,623.6 16,374.5 16.0 6,111.0 9,683.3 15,794.3 14.9 -580.2 -3.5
Recurrent Expenditure 9,178.5 15,862.7 15.5 6,072.3 8,715.5 14,787.8 14.0 -1,074.9 -6.8
Capital Expenditure 445.2 511.8 0.5 38.7 967.9 1,006.5 1.0 494.7 96.7
710 Socia l Prote ction 1,999.2 3,081.7 3.0 1,939.3 3,851.4 5,790.6 5.5 2,708.9 87.9
Recurrent Expenditure 1,907.1 2,977.8 2.9 1,926.0 3,816.3 5,742.3 5.4 2,764.5 92.8
1/ Recurrent expenditure in the General Public Services sector excludes interest payments on loans.

Table 6.8 - Transactions in Nonfinancial Assets in the Core Budget
1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to
Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 1391 YT D
Actua l Actua l Pre lim Pre lim Pre lim
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Cha nge % Incre a se
25 NET ACQUISIT ION OF NONFINANCIAL ASSET S 10,536.3 15,008.2 4,981.2 9,436.1 14,417.3 -591.0 -3.9
Land and Buildings 6,114.0 10,172.0 1,275.1 5,336.2 6,611.2 -3,560.8 -35.0
251/8 Purchase of Land and Buildings 6,171.9 10,328.1 1,288.3 5,347.9 6,636.2 -3,691.9 -35.7
150 Sale of Land and Buildings -57.8 -156.1 -13.2 -11.7 -25.0 131.1 -84.0
151 Sale of State-Owned Enterprises 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A
252 Machinery and Equipment (>50,000) 1,119.2 1,423.3 322.0 1,181.9 1,503.8 80.5 5.7
257 Valuables 12.2 12.2 0.6 0.1 0.7 -11.5 -94.2
259 Other Acquisitions 3,290.8 3,400.7 3,383.5 2,918.0 6,301.5 2,900.8 85.3
Table 6.9 - Transactions in Financial Assets and Liabilities in the Core Budget
1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to

Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Cha nge % (+/-)
3+4 T R AN SACT ION S IN FIN AN CIAL ASSET S AN D
LIABILIT IES -1,443.7 -17,005.7 -17,758.6 3,799.9 -13,958.7 3,047.0 -17.9
3 N ET ACQU ISIT ION OF FIN AN CIAL ASSET S -7,012.0 -14,396.4 10,690.7 2,622.1 13,312.7 27,709.1 -192.5
D ome stic -7,012.0 -14,396.4 10,690.7 2,622.1 13,312.7 27,709.1 -192.5
Currency and Deposits -7,781.9 -9,069.3 17,499.4 328.4 17,827.8 26,897.1 -296.6
311 Treasury Single Account -4,904.7 -8,600.5 21,170.9 -3,956.8 17,214.1 25,814.6 -300.2
313 Donor Accounts -1,329.2 1,079.2 -3,671.5 4,285.2 613.6 -465.5 -43.1
314/90 Other Deposit Accounts (1) -1,548.0 -1,548.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1,548.1 -100.0
317 Loans 4.8 15.5 13.2 0.9 14.1 -1.3 -8.7
319 Other Accounts Receivable -225.9 190.5 27.5 -157.1 -129.6 -320.0 -168.0
Other Assets 990.9 -5,533.0 -6,849.5 2,449.9 -4,399.6 1,133.4 -20.5
Fore ign 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N /A
4 N ET ACQU ISIT ION OF LIABILIT IES 5,568.3 -2,609.3 -28,449.2 1,177.8 -27,271.4 -24,662.1 945.2
D ome stic 3,935.5 -4,518.8 -28,654.2 1,109.9 -27,544.3 -23,025.5 509.5
411 Accounts Payable -165.5 -106.3 1,076.0 1,015.4 2,091.5 2,197.8 -2,067.8
413 Pension Liabilities -30.4 1.1 0.7 -0.6 32.8 31.6 2,784.1
423 Other Payables 1,633.7 1,633.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1,633.7 -100.0
451 Other Liabilities (1) 2,497.7 -6,047.4 -29,730.9 95.0 -29,635.9 -23,588.5 390.1
Fore ign 1,632.9 1,909.5 204.9 68.0 272.9 -1,636.7 -85.7
431 Foreign Currency -6.6 -6.3 -10.1 -15.7 -25.8 -19.5 307.9
181-2 Loans 1,639.5 1,915.9 215.0 83.7 298.7 -1,617.2 -84.4
1. Deposits on Letter of Credits (321) are netted out with Letter of Credit Commitment Accounts (451). The net amount is included under either 'Other Deposit Accounts' or ' Other Liabilities'
depending on the direction of net transactions during the period.

Table 6.10 Alternative Measures of Deficit/Surplus and Financing in the Core Budget
1391 1391 1392 1392 1392 1392 Compa rison to
Qtr YT D Qtr Qtr YT D Cha nge % Incre a se
T R AN SACT ION S AFFECT IN G N ET W OR T H
1 Revenues including Grants 65,167.7 119,025.2 58,880.9 60,602.2 119,483.1 457.9 0.4
2-25 Expenditures (Recurrent) 53,208.2 87,031.9 36,308.9 54,962.7 91,271.6 4,239.8 4.9
23 Interest 6.3 46.7 50.2 46.2 96.3 49.6 106.1
N e t Ba la nce (1-2-25) 11,959.4 31,993.3 22,572.0 5,639.5 28,211.5 -3,781.8 -11.8

Prima ry Ba la nce (1-2-25+23) 11,965.7 32,040.1 22,622.2 5,685.7 28,307.9 -3,732.2 -11.6
T R AN SACT ION S IN N ON FIN AN CIAL ASSET S
25 Net Acquisition of Nonfinancial Assets 10,536.3 15,008.2 4,981.2 9,436.1 14,417.3 -591.0 -3.9
N e t Le nding-Borrowing (1-2) 1,423.1 16,985.1 17,590.9 -3,796.6 13,794.3 -3,190.8 -18.8
Fina ncing (3+4+5) -1,423.1 -16,985.1 -17,590.9 3,796.6 -13,794.3 3,190.8 -18.8
T R AN SACT ION S IN FIN AN CIAL ASSET S AN D LIABILIT

0.0 IES
3 Net Acquisition of Financial Assets -7,012.0 -14,396.4 10,690.7 2,622.1 13,312.7 27,709.1 -192.5
4 Net Acquisition of Financial Liabilities 5,568.3 -2,609.3 -28,449.2 1,177.8 -27,271.4 -24,662.1 945.2
5 R ET AIN ED EAR N IN GS 20.6 20.6 167.7 -3.3 164.4
D iscre pa ncie s (Fina ncing-3-4-5) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


7 Glossary
Budget An itemised summary of estimated intended expenditures for a given period along with proposals for
financing them.
Operating Budget The budget for operating budget expenditures. These are mainly recurrent expenditures, and include wages
and salaries for all public servants, running costs for Ministries, schools, barracks etc. A small amount of
capital expenditure is also included in the Operating Budget in Afghanistan. The Operating Budget is
sometimes referred to as the Recurrent Budget in other countries.
Development Budget The Government budget for development projects implemented by Government agencies. It contains
recurrent and capital expenditure in Afghanistan. These projects are mainly donor funded. The Development
Budget is sometimes referred to as the Capital Budget in other countries.
Core Budget The operating budget plus the development budget
External Budget The budget for all donor activities that are funded directly by donors, rather than channelling the funding
through the Government
Integrated Budget The core budget plus the external budget
Expenditure/Expense The purchase of goods, services, assets. It also includes interest payments, and subsidies and transfers.
Recurrent spending Expenditure that is ongoing rather than one off, and does not result in the acquisition of a fixed asset. For
example payments for electricity or fuel, the payment for salaries etc. Often equated with the operating
budget, however development budget spending contains recurrent items and vice versa
Capital spending Spending on a capital asset, for example a tractor or irrigation pump.
Compensation of The total remuneration, in cash or kind, payable to an employee for work done during the accounting period.
Employees It consists of wages, salaries, and social contributions made on behalf of employees to social insurance
schemes. Excluded are amounts paid to contractors, self-employed outworkers, and other workers who are
not employees.
Goods and Services (use Expenditure items such as electricity costs, maintenance and repair, consultancy services and items with a
of) purchase value below Afs 50,000
Subsidies Payments made to State Owned Enterprises to help them cover their costs
Transfers Payments to a person or organisation for which no service is received, for which pension payments and
subsidies.
Interest payments The interest paid on outstanding loans
Contingency Funds Items listed in the operating and development budgets that may require funding. Throughout the year, funding
from contingency reserve items may be allocated to the budgets of budgetary units during the year (increasing
their original budget).
Assets An entity over which ownership rights are enforced, and from which economic benefits may be derived by its
owners by holding it or using it over a period of time.
Non-financial assets Physical assets such as real estate and machinery
Financial assets A financial claim on an asset that is usually documented by some type of legal representative. Examples
include bonds and shares of stock, but not tangible assets such as real estate or gold. These are included
below the line as financing items.
Revenues Domestically raised revenues and donor grants (excludes loans).
Domestic Revenues Revenues raised by the Government of Afghanistan (excludes donor grants). These are mainly revenues
raised by the Afghanistan Revenue Department (taxes, customs duties etc.), and revenues raised by other
Government agencies (fees and fines etc.)
Grants Funds received from donors. Often the money can only be spent on a certain project or activities, but
sometimes can be spent at the discretion of the recipient Government
Balances The difference between revenues and expenditures
Operating Budget Balance Domestic revenues (excluding donor grants to the operating budget) minus operating budget expenditures
(excluding grants)
Operating Budget Balance Domestic revenues plus donor grants to the operating budget, minus operating budget expenditures
(including grants)
Development Budget Donor Grants to development budget minus development budget expenditures
Balance
Core Budget balances
Balance (excluding and Total revenues (excluding and including grants) minus total expenditures
including grants)
Net operating balance Revenues (including donor grants) minus recurrent expenditures. It measures the change in net worth
(Table 6.10) resulting from transactions (excluding capital expenditure)
Primary operating Net operating balance plus interest expenditures
balance (Table 6.10)
Surplus A positive balance (revenues are greater than expenditures)

Deficit A negative balance (revenues are less than expenditures)
Financing How the government funds its deficit (or invests its surplus). For example drawing down on foreign loans or
withdrawing funds from the Central Bank. More generally, it describes transactions in financial assets.
Above the line Refers to real expenditure and revenue activities, for example the paying of salaries, the purchase of school
books, the building of a dam etc.
Below the line Refers to financing transactions, and transactions in financial assets, for example loan disbursements and
repayments, transactions on the Treasury Single Account
Loans Loans of money from foreign Governments, international organisation and development banks. Afghanistans
debt strategy allows only concessional loans to be taken out.
Concessional loans Loans that are offered at below market rates (e.g. a low interest rate and with a long grace period).
Principal repayment Repayment of the principal of a loan (as distinct from an interest payment)
Gross Domestic Product The value or all the goods and services produced by a country in one year. This excludes the opium economy
for Afghanistan
Budget target The level of revenue or expenditure expected over a quarter or during the year. For expenditures we assume
that the budget target for the quarter is 25% of the annual budget
Budget variance The difference between the actual outcome and the budget target
Treasury Single Account The main bank account of the Government. In Afghanistan, the TSA consists of the Afghani account, the US
(TSA) dollar account, provincial revenue and expenditure accounts, and ARTF and LOTFA accounts.
AFMIS Afghanistan Financial Management Information System. The central database that records every transaction
made by Government
Eurotrace The computer database system for recording and classifying customs transactions.

Second Quarter Fiscal Bulletin
Fiscal Year 1392
Editor-in-Chief Muhammad Mustafa Mastoor
Deputy Minister for Finance, Ministry of Finance
Coordinating Department Fiscal Policy Directorate, Ministry of Finance
Contact Person Hafizullah Momandi, Fiscal Policy Directorate
[email protected]
Co-Authors
Hafizullah Momandi Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst
Abdul Basir Abbasi Fiscal Policy Analyst
Shams-Ul-Haq Noor Fiscal Policy Analyst
Abdul Rahman Rahimi Revenue Policy Analyst
Habiburahman Sahibzada Tax Policy Analyst
Abdul Qadeer Jawad Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst
Mohammad Zia Economic Policy Advisor

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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN

QUARTERLY FISCAL BULLETIN

Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor

1 SUMMARY OF FIRST QUARTER DEVELOPMENTS ................................................................. 3

Table 1.1 Budget Summary

Source: FPD using AFMIS data downloaded on the 4 August 2013

1.1 Overall fiscal position

same period stood at a deficit of Afs 9.1 billion. -10,000

The fiscal sustainability indicator decreased from 65.7 -20,000

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mainly attributed to lower economic activities and 65,600

lower taxable imports. Tax revenues decreased by 55,350

Grants Figure 1.3 - Grant revenues

in development grants when compared to second

Operating Grants Development Grants

Figure 1.4 Operating Budget Figure 1.5 Development Budget

Operating Budget Budget Target Development Budget targets 146,995

Expenditure 196,327 Budget Expenditure carry-forward) 133,849

179,966 (Afs million) 120,703

decreasing trend. In case, the revenues growth is

Withdrawal of International forces and the transition 100%

Quarter Year to date

lowering econoimc activities and taxable imports

sustianability indicator which has move downward 20%

the Fiscal sustainality indicator is down by almost 9

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Table 2.1 1392 Q2 revenues

GR AN T S (1) 39,624.4 68,097.0 36,556.8 34,939.4 71,496.2 3,399.2 5.0

T OT AL OP E R AT IN G BU D GE T R E V E N U E 54,716.9 103,601.6 52,266.0 52,744.4 105,010.4 1,408.8 1.4 210,228.8 50.0

The quarterly breakdown of the total revenue target

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9.1 percent, customs duties by 11 percent and non-tax 24.4

revenue by 18.6 percent, though the revenue from the 23.2

miscellaneous codes has slightly increased.

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Table 2.2 1392 Provincial Revenues

shows a decline of Afs 1.2 billion or 4.9 percent

collection of the same period in 1391. (Afs million)

Sales tax revenue from Business receipt tax (BRT) on 39,725

the private entities decreased in the second quarter by 34,996

collected during the same period in 1391 (as given by 25,537

Major increases in Specific Tax Revenues

2.4 Customs duties and import taxes

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Figure 2.4 - Customs revenues in 'top 5' provinces, Q2

2.5 Non-tax revenues

Non-tax Revenue Targets Social Security Targets

20,900 (Afs million) 2,637

2.6 Social Contributions

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Total taxation collections by ARD (2) 19,958.0 15,792.7

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AFMIS data extract 4 August 2013

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Table 3.1 1392 Q2 expenditures

1/ Interest Only. Does not include loan principal payments

3.1 Overview of Core Budget and Expenditures

The year to date core expenditures during the second