Data-based budget allocation enables higher performance level, improved public service

While the spotlight is currently beamed on the alleged massive misuse of government funds in substandard as well as “ghost” flood control projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is also calling attention to the rate at which line departments and agencies are spending their budget allocations.

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According to the DBM, around 94 percent of the 2025 national budget has already been spent in the first seven months of the year. This indicates a fairly high level of actual versus planned delivery of services. Some P2.99 trillion, or nearly half of the annual budget, have been released to state agencies from January to July. Of this amount, P2.81 trillion was utilized by line departments, government owned and controlled corporations, and local government units (LGU); hence, for the seven-month period, unused funds total P178.2 billion.