Indonesian government is expecting up to 29 trillion rupiah (around 2.9 billion U.S. dollars) from the dividends contributed by its firms this year, higher than the initial amount that was set at 26.1 trillion rupiah (about 2.6 billion dollars), Indonesian State-owned Firms Minister Sofyan Djalil said here on Tuesday. Sofyan said that the expectation came up after the government learned that tax contribution would be insufficient to fulfill the funds needed in the state budget. 'We have discussed it with the legislators in the parliament,' the Detik.com quoted Sofyan as saying. The minister said that government would seek more funds from its firms to cope with the increasing needs in its state budget. The ministry's secretary, Said Didu, said that the government would review the performances of its 138 firms in the third quarter this year before picking the ones eligible to contribute their dividends to the state budget. Indonesian government is in dire needs of funds to finance its plans to increase allocations for several sectors in the country. For instance, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono previously announced a plan to increase allocation for Indonesian military to up to 40 trillion rupiah (around 4 billion dollars) next year from the existing 33 trillion rupiah (some 3.3 billion dollars), in a bid to replace aging armaments and planes. 