The Jewish Agency Board of Governors yesterday approved a $400 million budget for the Jewish Agency in fiscal year 1984-85 plus an additional $54 million for Project Renewal. Raymond Epstein, chairman of the Agency’s finance committee, said the budget for rural settlement would amount to $80 million and $60 million would be allocated to the aliya budget based on a forecast of 18,000 immigrants in 1984-85. A similar budget will be assigned to youth aliya on the assumption that 17,000 children will be absorbed in the budget period.
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