BOSNIAN FEDERATION BUDGET ADOPTED

SARAJEVO, April 20 (Hina) - The Bosnian Federation Parliament House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted the entity's budget of 920 million convertible marks, as proposed by the federal Government. Most MPs held the mooted amounts were not sufficient to cover even the minimal necessities, which was agreed on by Finance Minister Dragan Covic. He, however, stressed the proposed amounts must remain as they are, as it was not realistic to increase the budget. International financial institutions assisting Bosnia's and Bosnian Federation's economic rehabilitation also demanded the budget's restrictive dimension. According to assessments done by federal ministries before the parliamentary discussion, the true needs of budget users were somewhere between a billion and 300 million marks. The biggest budgetary user is the Defence Ministry. For defence preparations and training and equipping the federal Army, as well as other expenses, the budget holds 368 million marks, although at least 900 million wee requested with an explanation that this would only cover the essentials. The budget for the first time envisages the financing of security services with 12 million marks. (hina) lml