{
  "id": 19782294,
  "title": "State budget posts QR22.8bn deficit, government tenders reach QR6bn in Q3 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/state-budget-posts-qr22-8bn-deficit-government-tenders-reach-qr6bn-in",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-13T08:40:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar Business",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar-business",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/13/11/2026/state-budget-posts-qr228bn-deficit-government-tenders-reach-qr6bn-in-q3-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar - The Ministry of Finance revealed that the state general budget experienced a QR22.8 billion deficit in the third quarter of 2026. In a statement on its official X account, the ministry reported that total revenues amounted to QR17.1 billion, while total expenditures reached QR39.9 billion. Oil revenues contributed QR10.748 billion, and non-oil revenues contributed QR6.327 billion.\n\nExpenditures were allocated towards salaries and wages (QR16.856 billion), current expenditures (QR15.437 billion), major capital expenditures (QR6.878 billion), and minor capital expenditures (QR706 million). The state general budget had previously recorded a QR21.2 billion deficit during the second quarter of 2026.\n\nGovernment tenders and auctions in Qatar totaled QR6 billion in Q3 2026, according to the Ministry of Finance. Out of the 757 tenders, practices, and direct agreements awarded, there was a 26 percent decrease in the number of tenders and a 60 percent decrease in their value compared to the same period in 2025. Local companies secured QR5.5 billion in contracts, a 43 percent year-on-year decline, while foreign companies won QR500 million, down 91 percent.\n\nThe health, municipality and environment, education, and culture and sports sectors were the top award winners. Government tenders and auctions totaled QR4.4 billion in the second quarter of 2026.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha: The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that the state general budget registered a deficit of QR22.8bn during the third quarter (Q3) of 2026.</p> <p>In a statement on its official X account, the ministry indicated that total revenues during the third quarter of 2026 reached around QR17.1bn, while total expenditures reached about QR39.9bn. The Ministry of Finance added that oil…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}