MANILA, Philippines – Among government offices and agencies, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) received the smallest proposed budgetary allocation for 2017.
Dubbed as "Budget for Real Change," the proposed national budget for next year amounts to P3.35 trillion. It is 11.6% higher than the 2016 national budget and is the highest amount proposed by any administration so far. (READ: What's in the proposed 2017 national budget?)
The table below shows the 10 government agencies and office with the smallest budgets, comprising 1% of the proposed fiscal plan for 2017:
| Top gainers | 2017 (Proposed) [In million pesos] | 2016 (Adjusted) [In million pesos] | Increase [In million pesos] | % |
| Office of the Vice President | P434 | P504 | (P70) | -13.89% |
| Commission on Human Rights | P496 | P460 | P36 | 7.83% |
| Civil Service Commission | P1,416 | P1,317 | P99 | 7.52% |
| Department of Budget and Management | P1,476 | P1,423 | P53 | 3.72% |
| Office of the Ombudsman | P2,299 | P2,063 | P236 | 11.44% |
| Department of Energy | P2,656 | P1,866 | P790 | 42.34% |
| Commission on Elections | P3,322 | P16,155 | P12,833 | -79.44% |
| Department of Information and Communications Technology | P3,558 | - | P3,558 | - |
| Department of Agrarian Reform | P10,144 | P10,386 | (P242) | -2.33% |
| Commission on Audit | P10,856 | P9,335 | P1,521 | 16.29% |
| Total | 36,657 | 43,509 | (P6,852) | -18.69% |
Among the agencies, the OVP, which has no attached agencies, received the smallest proposed funding for 2017 – P434 million. This is 13.89% lower than this year's allocation of P504 million. It will be used primarily for operations and ceremonial support.
Next is the CHR, with a budgetary allocation of P496 million. It is 7.83% higher than this year's budget of P460 million. The bulk of its budget will be used for human rights protection.
Meanwhile, the CSC will receive P1.41 billion next year. This amount is a 7.52% increase from its 2016 budget of P1.32 billion. About half of its funds will be used for human resource management regulation.
Following the table, the Commission on Elections' share of funds is substantially lowered in 2017 as this year's budget included allocation for the national elections.
Similar to the previous years' budgets, the education sector got the biggest funding while the OVP got the smallest slice of the pie this year. The treemap below shows the distribution of funds among agencies in the proposed financial plan.
To navigate, hover over the tiles to see the proposed allocation for that department. Click the other tabs to see the 2016 and 2015 budgets.
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