Employment, environment take center stage in national budget bill
President Hassan Rouhani presented the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1397, which starts on March 21, 2018, to the Majlis. With a focus on job creation and protection of the environmnet, the proposed national budget amounted to 11.94 quadrillion rials (about $284 billion), a 10 percent rise year on year. It also highlights stronger presence of the private sector in the national economy. “We hope to keep going on with single-digit inflation and an annual 5 percent growth rate. We ...
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