Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The council of ministers announced on Monday, May 11, 2015 that the actual deficit in last year’s budget (2014) decreased by 62%, reaching 455 million Dinars.

Bahrain's cabinet approved a draft state budget plan for 2015 and 2016 that envisages slower spending growth along with a sharp rise in the deficit because of low oil prices, state news agency BNA reported on Monday