The Tobago will receive 2.5 billion dollars from the central government to carry out the affairs of the sister isle.
Last year Tobago received a 2.3 billion dollar allocation.
Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, made the disclosure during the presentation of the national budget in the House of Representatives, Monday afternoon.
Minister Imbert told the parliament this figure represents 4.3 percent of the national budget.
The breakdown will see 2.1 billion dollars going towards recurrent expenditure.
Three hundred million dollars will be allocated for Tobago development, 18 million dollars to the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) and 9.2 million dollars towards the Community based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEEP).
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