Auditor General Hussain Niyazy has advised reducing state expenditure so that it can be covered by the revenue the state is projected to receive in the budget for 2027, which the government has submitted to the People's Majlis.

The Auditor General gave this advice in a report compiled by his office setting out the issues it noted in the budget, which was presented at today's meeting of the People's Majlis Budget Committee.

The report was presented to the committee meeting, which was attended by Auditor General Hussain Niyazy, by the office's Director General.

In the report, the Auditor General noted that the budget proposed for 2027 again includes USD 50 million to be raised as ad hoc revenue.

"Looking at the revenue in the budget, the main concern we note is that ad hoc revenue comes from one-off transactions rather than recurrent revenue. It is revenue the state obtains by carrying out one-off transactions, and that is how it is normally received," the Auditor General said.

The Auditor General said that, when looking at state revenue, the benchmark is whether the revenue the state receives covers its expenditure.

"Recurrent expenditure must be covered by state revenue. But when the portion expected to come in as ad hoc revenue is removed, we see that recurrent expenditure cannot be fully covered without that revenue," he said.

He therefore advised reducing state expenditure accordingly.

The Auditor General said the current 2026 budget also included USD 50 million to be raised in the same way. However, he said revised revenue figures show that USD 48 million was received.