91.   The Duma decided to send the draft budget back to a commission charged with trying to reconcile the different views.

92.   The Duma was to vote on the draft budget a third time before sending it to the Federation Council to be ratified.

93.   The downgrading caused the krona to fall heavily shortly before the government presented a draft budget to parliament.

94.   The draft budget allows for an increase of six percent in revenue, but limits the increase in expenditure to two percent.

95.   The draft budget for the year starting next April is expected to be finalised by the ministry this month.

96.   The draft budget was determined jointly by Britain and China because it straddles the handover.

97.   The draft budget also cuts structural aid, intended to help weak regions of the Union, by one billion ECUs.

98.   The draft budget for the year starting in April is expected to be finalised by the finance ministry towards the end of December.

99.   The draft budget has yet to go before the full assembly for approval.

100.   The government had endorsed the draft budget and sent it to parliament for ratification, said Finance Minister Sami Gammo after a cabinet meeting here.