Based on DBM data, notices of cash allocation (NCAs) increased by 12.2 percent to P4.52 trillion as of end-November from P4.03 trillion in the same period a year ago.
Government agencies utilized P4.26 trillion NCAs as of November, 13.3 percent higher than the P3.76 trillion in the comparable year-ago period.
This brought the utilization rate of state agencies up to 94 percent from 93 percent as of end-November 2023. Of the total releases, P258.24 billion remained unused during the 11-month period.
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