YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. 2.8 billion drams was envisaged by the 2007 state budget for the RA president's staff, and this sum was almost completely used, the RA chief treasurer Atom Janjughazian said at the May 13 sitting of the RA National Assembly standing committees. Out of the indicated sum, 2.53 billion drams was envisaged for maintenance expenditures and about 450 million drams - for major repairs of some administrative facilities. However, during 2007, a necessity arose to make redistribution and increase the expenditures on major repairs of the administrative facilities by reducing the current expenditures, and 726 million drams envisaged by the corrected program for this purpose was completely used. Besides, the president's staff allocated 112.8 million drams to the Institute of Political Studies, 100 million drams - to the anti-smoking program and 100 million drams - to the program of state assistance to NGOs.

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