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Brzilian Planning Minister Miriam Belchior Monday confirmed planned federal budget cut in 2011, but said it is a routine."There are curtailments every year. About the amount to be cut, we will make a decision later this month. I will hold an internal discussion and then talk to (Finance Minister) Guido Mantega so we can discuss a joint proposal to present to the president," Belchior said.The government cut budget twice last year, by 13.21 billion U.S. dollars and 6.06 billion dollars, respectively.The minister, who took office Monday, also reaffirmed that she intends to discuss with the other ministers about how to maximize the utility of resources.Belchior also said the new government would timberland roll top boots like the minimum wage to remain at 327 U.S. dollars, after it was raised by 5.8 percent in one of the last acts of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.The benefits of the government's minimum welfare program Bolsa Familia will also be raised, most likely in the first half of the year, she said. She did not, however, specify the amount of the raise.

Belchior added that she will try to preserve the Growth Acceleration Program's (PAC) budget cheap timberland boots as much as possible, despite expected cuts this year.This is the most drastic cutback in government spending since the Second World War, and saw 11 billion pounds taken off welfare spending, by far the largest area of expenditure in the government 's budget.This cutback was not included in the OBR's summer figures, and factoring it in now has meant the OBR has reduced its forecast for job losses over the coming four years as a result of government budget cuts from 490,000 to 330,000.Public sector net borrowing is likely to fall from 148.5 billion pounds for 2010-11 to 18 billion pounds in 2015-16. By then, public sector net debt is expected to be 67.2 percent of national income, down 0.2 percentage points from the June budget forecast, said the OBR.