The budgetary allocation to the Judiciary of T&T has seen a drastic decrease.
According to the Draft Estimates of Expenditure 2017, there was a cutback of just over $46 million.
The estimates for 2016 were $419,968,400, while the revised estimates were $404,401,940. However, the 2017 estimates are now $357,638,600.
Cutbacks were made to entertainment, overseas travel, minor equipment purchases, current transfers and subsidies and salaries and cost of living allowances.
The sum for Goods and Services fell from $22,913,000 in the revised estimates of 2016 to $189,971,000 in 2017, a decrease of close to $32 million.
The allocation to the Judicial Educational Institute saw a $2.5 million decrease. Its 2017 estimates are $3 million.
Official Overseas Travel has been reduced to $500,000 for 2017 from $1 million in the revised estimates of 2016.
The Ministry of Education saw a decrease of over $800 million in 2017, the Ministry of Public Utilities saw a dip of $893,313,192 and the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts also decreased by over $67 million.
Despite these cutbacks, the Government is moving ahead with projects which it said had been left "languishing" by the last administration.
Finance Minister Colm Imbert said work had resumed on the controversial Brian Lara Stadium which was expected to fully commissioned in December.
The National Academy of the Performing Arts is to be opened by December after Cabinet approved $25 million to replace audio and electrical equipment.
He added that work on the multi-purpose sporting complex in Diego Martin which was "abandoned" by the Kamla Persad-Bissessar government for five years had resumed and work to the youth facility in Moruga was expected to start soon.
Government also expects to deliver 2,500 homes to "deserving applicants."
Work is expected to start on heritage buildings such as Mille Fleurs, Stollmeyer's Castle and President's House.