3.3 Budget Allocation National Treasury was allocated an adjusted appropriation of R62.8 billion in the 2009/10 financial year. These funds were allocated proportionally across the departmental programmes, with Provincial and Local Government Transfers and Fiscal Transfers programmes receiving a substantial share of the departmental budget. The Provincial and Local Government programme, which is responsible for managing conditional grants to other spheres of government was allocated R14.4 billion (22.93 per cent) of the budget while R42.2 billion (67.15 per cent) was allocated to the Fiscal Transfers Programme. The budget allocation for the Fiscal Transfers Programme included R30 billion for an Eskom loan which aims at expanding its capacity. This programme is responsible for transferring funds to other countries as well as multilateral and domestic institutions and public entities.