A number of key government agencies are set to have their budgetary allocation for the current fiscal year increased, while a few were decreased. The revised allocations were listed in the First Supplementary Estimates for the 2018-19 fiscal year, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke.

Below are some of the agencies with the revised figures:

AGENCY APPROVED ESTIMATE REVISED ESTIMATE

Jamaica Urban

Transit Company $2.56B $5B

Jamaica Fire Brigade $46.1M $96.1M

Hope Zoo

Foundation $35.4M $94.4M

Rural Development

Programme $259.6M $456.5M

($100M for the Irish Potato, Scotch Bonnet and Onion Programme as well as the Bamboo and Castor Bean Development projects)

Cannabis Licensing

Authority $113M $163M

The Courts $937M $1B

Southern Coastal

Highway Improvement $3.6B $2.2B

Major Infrastructure

Development Project $12B $19B

Public Sector Efficiency

Programme $1.4B $928M

Crop Research &

Development $44M $47.8M

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