BusinessWorld May 9, 2021 | 7:34 pm PHILSTAR BUDGETARY SUPPORT provided to government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) declined 68% year on year to P3.838 billion in March, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said. In its cash operations report, the BTr said the year-earlier total was P11.952 billion. Around 65% of the March 2021 subsidies went to the National Irrigation Administration, down 15% year on year. The Bases Conversion and Development Authority received P841 million, as opposed to zero a year earlier. Other GOCCs that received the most subsidies were the Small Business Corp. (P500 million), Philippine Health Center (P444 million); National Kidney Transplant Institute (P320 million), Philippine National Railway (P312 million) and Philippine Children’s Medical Center (P309 million).