OREANDA-NEWS. September 14, 2012. The state budget plan for 2013 will be forwarded for approval to the Belarusian parliament in September, Yuri Seliverstov, chief of the Finance Ministry's Budget Policy Department, told reporters.

Before being sent to the parliament, the original plan will most likely be adjusted by the government and the president's administration, the ministry department chief said.

The Finance Ministry has prepared a zero-deficit budget plan for 2013, Seliverstov informed. In line with the target projections, in 2013 real GDP is expected to increase by 8.5%, with a 12% cap on inflation growth. The exchange rate of the Belarusian ruble to the U.S. dollar is projected at Br8,400-8,500 per/USD 1.