To respond to the emergency El Niño Phenomenon (FEN), the Executive Branch has allocated a total of S/4,116 million distributed across the three levels of Government. However, to date, only S/607 million 573,846 have been executed, which represents an advance of 14.8% of the assigned budget, as revealed by the economic transparency portal of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).
In detail, the National government has resources of S/3,371 million, of which only S/438 million 844,467 have been accrued, which is equivalent to 13% of the total. While of the S/402 million derived to the regional governments, only S/36 million 343,249 (9% of the total) have been executed. Meanwhile, the municipalities have an advance of 38.6% of their budget, with S/132 million 386,130 invested of the S/343 million 217,398 allocated.
With resources, but with low execution
At the National Government level, The Agrarian and Irrigation sector has the largest budget to address the El Niño emergency, with S/1,195 million, but its execution level as of October 9 is 9.4% (S/112 million 941,711). While Defense, the second with the most resources (S/777 million), shows an advance of 8.1%. Housing, Construction and Sanitation 6.3% of what was assigned has been executed (S/518 million).
| Sector | Assigned budget | Advance (%) |
| Agricultural and Irrigation | S/1,195 million 350,161 | 9.4% |
| Defending | S/776 million 726,349 | 8.1% |
| Housing, Construction and Sanitation | S/517 million 860,754 | 6.3% |
| Transport and Communications | S/280 million 983,071 | 25.6% |
| Presidency Council of Ministers | S/225 million 675,271 | 6.8% |
| Education | S/133 million 918,515 | 50.2% |
| Health | S/108 million 647,165 | 12.9% |
The regional government of Piura It is the one with the most resources, with S/108 million; but to date it shows an execution level of 5.1% (S/5 million 532,495). Meanwhile, Lima has an advance of 0.4% (S/370,735) despite being the second region with the largest budget (S/89 million 544,427). Furthermore, Puno (S/2 million 706,812) and Moquegua (S/581,828) have not spent a single sol of the allocated money.
| regional government | Assigned budget | Advance (%) |
| Piura | S/107 million 592,119 | 5.1% |
| Lime | S/89 million 544,427 | 0.4% |
| Lambayeque | S/38 million 840,628 | 8.5% |
| Tumbes | S/35 million 958,960 | 4.4% |
| Freedom | S/21 million 773,431 | 13.2% |
| Cajamarca | S/13 million 794,968 | 1.2% |
| Ancash | S/12 million 699,276 | 5.9% |
Source: Larepublica
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