Cambodia's National Assembly on Monday began to debate national budget law for 2010 with total revenue of 2,024 million U.S. dollars, up 11 percent if compared with last year's budget. While the total revenue increased, the expenditure for certain areas will also be increased, according to Cheam Yeap, chairman of the committee of the economy, finance, banking of the National Assembly. He said the expenditure for national defense and interior ministry is allocated for 274 million U.S. dollars, while last year, the same sector received 223 million U.S. dollars. Cheam Yeap said the increase of the budget for national defense was to secure and to strengthen the capacity building and military facilities of the Cambodian troops. Telling the parliament session of the sources of income, Keat Chhon, deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance, said the government will tighten its capacity to collect tax and to expand taxation scope on other products. Keat Chhon, meanwhile, suggested the National Assembly to allow the government to borrow 400 million U.S. dollars in 2010 from foreign partners to implement some certain projects. According to the draft budget law, the agriculture ministry will receive 1.7 percent of the budget, an increase of 13.6 percent if compared with 2009 and rural development ministry will get 1.65 percent, an increase of 3.4 percent from 2009. Ministries of education and health also get priority of budget increase. 