By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim
SHAH ALAM, Nov 15 — Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari has announced RM3 billion in allocations for the 2025 Selangor Budget today.
Themed ‘A Dynamic Selangor: An Ideal Quest for a Civil Malaysia,’ Amirudin said the budget reflects Selangor as a manifestation of the state administration’s shared responsibility to build a Selangor that gives its people an opportunity to progress and prosper.
The Menteri Besar said the budget has five main focus areas, including Artificial Intelligence and Education as a Catalyst for State Economic Development, Uplifting an Aspiration of a Sustainable Environment and Quality Infrastructure, Promoting a Compassionate State, Championing an Efficient and Responsible System of Government, and Breathing New Life into the Creative Economy and Developing the Next Generation.
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Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari tables the 2025 Selangor State Budget in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly in Shah Alam on November 15, 2024. — Picture by FIKRI YUSOF/MEDIA SELANGOR[/caption]
Speaking in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly during the budget’s tabling, he said 56.7 per cent of the allocations, or RM1.7 billion, have been set aside for operating expenditures, while the remaining 43.3 per cent, or RM1.3 billion, will be used for development expenditures.
Of the total sum allocated for operational expenditure, RM613.4 million will be set aside for emoluments, RM657.89 million for services and supplies, asset purchases (RM17.36 million), grants and fixed payments (RM392.49 million), and miscellaneous expenses (RM18.86 million).
As for development expenditure, which saw RM100 million or 8.3 per cent increase compared to the 2024 state budget, RM354.08 million (27.24 per cent) will be allotted for the social sector, RM404.17 million for infrastructure, RM380.7 million for economic development, and the remaining for health (RM96.4 million), education (RM40 million), and rural development (RM24.5 million).
Amirudin said that as of November 13, Selangor recorded a total revenue of RM2.429 billion, or 110.43 per cent of the 2024 estimated revenue of RM2.2 billion.
The major contribution of the state revenue was from land premiums with a total of RM1,048.60 million (48 per cent), followed by RM592.65 million (27 per cent) from property tax, and RM209.20 million (10 per cent) from the Federal government’s allocation.
As for Selangor’s financial position, he said its reserves via the state government’s Consolidated Fund, as of end-2023, recorded RM4.365 billion, an increase of RM751.46 million from RM3.614 billion.
