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PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI BUDGET BRIEFINGS 2018 Budget 2018─2019 Head No.

5: Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Background The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs (‘Ministry’) is responsible for upholding the inalienable rights of iTaukei as enshrined in the Fijian Constitution, including over their land and fishing grounds.
The Minister of iTaukei Affairs serves as the chairperson of the iTaukei Land Trust Board, which is the trustee responsible for administration of customary land on behalf of iTaukei landowners.

Trends The Ministry allocation for 2018-2019 totals $15.8 million, comprising $15.1 million in operating expenditure and $600,000 in capital expenditure.
The total allocation represents an increase of 19.8 per cent on the last financial year ($2.6 million), and is mainly attributable to a $2.1 million increase in operating grants and transfers due to the Job Evaluation Exercise increase for the iTaukei Affairs Board (iTAB) and provincial councils.

The following graphs show funding trends over the past five years.
Ministry of iTaukei Affairs expenditure by type, 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 n o i l l i m $ 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 1.1% 5.4% 1.0% 5.6% 93.5% 93.4% 1.2% 4.8% 94.0% ↑19.8% change 2017–18 to 2018–19 1.2% 3.6% 95.2% 1.2% 4.3% 94.6% Actual Expenditure 2014/15 Actual Expenditure 2015/16 Actual Expenditure 2016/17 Estimate 2017/18 Estimate 2018/19 Operating Capital VAT Enquiries: research@parliament.gov.fj 1 PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI BUDGET BRIEFINGS 2018 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs total expenditure, 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 15.8 13.2 10.7 11.4 8.4 n o i l l i m $ 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Actual Expenditure 2014/15 Actual Expenditure 2015/16 Actual Expenditure 2016/17 Estimate 2017/18 Estimate 2018/19 Budget announcements and allocations Tabua Shop The Budget allocates $100,000 of new funding to support the Tabua Shop’s mission to protect and promote Fijian cultural heritage.
The funding includes the purchase of an engraving machine and other recurring costs.

National iTaukei Resource Owners Council $50,000 is to be provided through a new initiative to the National iTaukei Resource Owners Council to advise the National Environment Council on any environmental matters affecting iTaukei resource owners.

Operational Grants A total of $9.1 million is provided to the iTAB, Provincial Councils, Turaga-ni-Koros, Mata-ni- Tikinas and Na Mata for a variety of purposes.
This is an increase of $2.1 million compared to 2017-2018 as a result of the additional grants for the iTAB and provincial councils, as noted above.

Institute of Language and Culture The Budget gives $1.2 million to the Institute of Language and Culture to fund its activities of preserving and spreading iTaukei culture and language.
This is an $88,100 (8.0 per cent) increase on 2017-2018, primarily as a result of additional funding for Cultural Awareness/iTaukei Festival and the Cultural Mapping Programme.

Enquiries: research@parliament.gov.fj 2 PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI BUDGET BRIEFINGS 2018 Sources • Fijian Government (2018) Budget estimates 2018–2019, Ministry of Economy, 28 June 2018.

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• Fijian Government (2018) General administration sector: 2018–2019 Budget kit.

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