Minister Marcos Pontes criticizes cuts in the area of science (Credit: Arquivo/Agência Brasil)
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Marcos Pontes, declared that the reduction in budget resources for the ministry was a “lack of consideration”. “The cuts in resources on Brazil’s small Science budget are misguided and illogical,” wrote Pontes on Twitter this Sunday afternoon, 10.
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The complaint refers to the approval by the Congress of a Bill that promotes the division of R$ 690 million that would initially be allocated to the ministry. The amount will be sent to other ministries, such as Education, Health and Regional Development. The change came from an official letter signed by Minister Paulo Guedes (Economy), sent this Thursday, 7th, to the Mixed Budget Committee (CMO) of the Congress.
“This urgently needs to be corrected”, wrote Pontes. In justification for the request, the Economy folder claimed that the 2022 Budget proposal will considerably increase the resources for research projects.
Originally, the National Nuclear Energy Commission (Cnen) would receive R$ 34.578 million and the National Scientific and Technological Development Fund (FNDCT), R$ 655.421 million. In the new format, the resources for the FNDCT dropped to just 1.10% of the original proposal.
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