30.11.2023, 16:50 104946
Kazakh Parliament adopts law on 2024-2026 republican budget
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Majilis deputies adopted the Law “On 2024-2026 Republican Budget”, Kazinform News Agency reports.
The Senate deputies inserted 180 amendments, of which four were inserted into the draft law and 176 to the republican budget expenditures section.
The Senate amendments aim to further the sustainable economic development of Kazakhstan and solve the tasks set by the Head of State.
The finance and budget committee suggests agreeing with the Senate’s revised edition of particular provisions inserted into the Law “On 2024-2026 Republican Budget”.
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31.05.2024, 16:27 6
Hundreds of companies and educational facilities join ECO Netwok project across Kazakhstan
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Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with well-known eco-activist Evgeny Mukhamedzhanov. During the meeting, the issues of forming an environmental culture and greater engagement of the citizens, NGOs and business in tackling environmental issues, Kazinform News Agency cites Akorda.
Tokayev commended the ECO Network project carried out at the initiative of Evgeny Mukhamedzhanov. The Head of State stated the relevance of areas such as Ecohub, Green Office and Green School, aiming at forming a person’s culture and attitude toward the environment as well as collection and treatment of domestic waster in the first place. The President believes that broad implementation of such undertakings could become an effective mechanism for promoting eco-culture.
According to Mukhamedzhanov, hundreds of companies and educational facilities across Kazakhstan have already joined the ECO Network project, implementing eco-standards in business processes and contributing greatly to the decarbonization of the economy.
The President drew attention to the fact that the eco-activist’s initiatives resonate with the ideology of the nationwide environmental campaign Taza Kazakhstan (Clean Kazakhstan).
Tokayev expressed confidence that Mukhamedzhanov as the chief of the Zhasyl Almaty project office is implementing effective and creative ways in addressing the city’s environmental problems.
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31.05.2024, 15:30 371
Kazakh President visits new terminal at Almaty International Airport
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As part of his working visit to Almaty, the Head of State visited the new international terminal at the Almaty Airport, Kazinform News Agency reports.
The President surveyed the registration, border, customs control, and baggage pick-up areas.
Alp Er Tunga Ersoy, the President of the "Almaty International Airport" JSC, said the terminal is supposed to withstand a magnitude 10 earthquake. The terminal covers 53,500 square meters with a capacity of 14 million passengers a year.
The Almaty International Airport is the largest gateway of Kazakhstan. The tourist flow to Almaty grows year after year. Over 2 million travelers visited the megapolis in 2023, the Head of State said.
The President thanked TAV GROUP for the terminal construction in conformity with international standards and the EBRD, International Financial Corporation, and EDB as they have teamed up to support such an important social project in Almaty.
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31.05.2024, 14:27 516
Kazakhstan builds greenhouse set to become the largest in the world
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Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov discussed with CEO of Agro-Industrial Holding Company ECO-Culture Alexander Rudakov cooperation in the field of agriculture. On the agenda - joint projects to ensure agro-food security, primeminister.kz reports.
It should be noted that ECO-culture is one of the largest agro-industrial holdings for the production of environmentally friendly indoor vegetables, which has a 13-year history of stable development. For a year the volume of products produced by it exceeds the indicators of 300 thousand tonnes. In turn, the investment climate created in Kazakhstan and measures to support real production contribute to the implementation of projects important for the economy in the country.
The holding is building a greenhouse complex in Keles district of Turkestan region. Today the first stage of the greenhouse is being implemented on the territory of 51 hectares of land with the production volume of more than 28 thousand tonnes of tomatoes per year.
The participants of the meeting discussed a project to expand the area of the greenhouse complex to cover 500 hectares of land. This will allow to grow over 240 thousand tonnes of vegetables all year round. The produce will be supplied both to the domestic market and exported abroad through the already established channels of logistics and distribution centres.
The first stage of the project is planned to be put into operation by the end of next year.
According to Alexander Rudakov, this greenhouse will be the largest in the world. It is envisaged to create 7 thousand jobs. ECO-Culture holding will create competitive working conditions for local residents, as well as make a contribution to the development of the region within the framework of social responsibility.
Head of the Government noted the importance of the development of the agro-industrial complex.
Food security, providing our residents with high-quality and inexpensive products is the main priority of the Government. Given the growing demographics, the need for food around the world is steadily increasing. We have every opportunity to provide our market and export products. Today we set ourselves the goal - to bring the agricultural sector to a new level, fully covering domestic demand and continuing to increase exports. In this direction, we are interested in attracting investors and are ready to support the implementation of large-scale projects," Olzhas Bektenov emphasised.
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31.05.2024, 07:23 676
Olzhas Bektenov gets acquainted with industrial and transport and logistics potential of Almaty region
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Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov familiarised himself with the transport, logistics and industrial potential of Almaty region, primeminister.kz reports.
Visited a number of facilities functioning to ensure economic growth through the establishment of domestic production. The goal is import substitution and export-orientation.
In particular, the pace of construction of a new transport and logistics centre Zhetygen and industrial and logistics hub G-TRANS Service, as well as the expansion of existing industrial zones Kairat and Damu were checked.
During the inspection of logistics centres, Prime Minister stressed the relevance of the development of transport infrastructure and logistics and gave a number of instructions to connect the missing communications for the successful implementation of projects. This work should be completed within the framework of the programme ‘Business Roadmap’. The importance of creating the necessary conditions for the development of industry was noted.
The Head of State in his Address outlined the strategic importance of realising transport and logistics potential. We need to use this serious advantage, which opens up broad prospects. We are interested in new projects that will have a favourable impact on trade and the economy as a whole. Now we are solving infrastructure issues, creating the right conditions and communications for business. At the same time, the enterprises themselves can direct the saved funds to improve the quality of products and further expansion, creating new jobs," Olzhas Bektenov emphasised.
For example, the construction of Central Asia's first major industrial and logistics hub in the village of Zhetygen, with a capacity of up to 500,000 containers per year and a total cargo turnover of up to 5 million tonnes, will create 3,500 jobs. The project is designed to increase cargo traffic with the countries of Central Asia and China due to the unique location of the facility near the border with China.
In addition, Prime Minister familiarised himself with the work of companies operating on the territory of industrial zones. Olzhas Bektenov inspected the technological process for the production of reinforced concrete products ‘Bent’, building materials TechnoNicol - Central Asia, Shin-Line ice cream.
A new investment project on creation of the largest in the CIS high-tech automated poultry meat production plant was also presented. The project is oriented towards ensuring the country's food security and exports. When the plant reaches full capacity, its output will reach 240,000 tonnes of poultry meat per year and the number of employees will reach 6,000. The poultry farm will be the largest in the EAEU and will fully cover the country's demand for poultry meat, which will ensure Kazakhstan's independence from imports.
Prime Minister visited the fishing industry complex. The enterprise grows sea fish for further sale in domestic and foreign markets. Currently, the production capacity is 1 thousand tonnes with the prospect of increasing to 10 thousand tonnes.
Food security is the number one issue. We have to provide ourselves for the main groups of food," Olzhas Bektenov emphasised and noted that the Government will continue measures to support the industrial sector.
For reference: The total volume of industrial production in Almaty region for the first 4 months of 2024 increased by 3.2% compared to the same period last year and reached 573.6 billion tenge.
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30.05.2024, 18:12 5261
Head of State Tokayev briefed on activity of Republican Veterans’ Organization
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Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received Majilis deputy, chairman of the Organization of Veterans, member of the National Qurultay Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, Kazinform News Agency cites the Akorda press service.
Tokayev was briefed about the activity of the Republican Public Association ‘Organization of Veterans’.
As Izmukhambetov said, the Organization is currently carrying our two projects. In particular, thanks to the Daneker initiative it was possible to reconcile parties in 4,563 disputes out of 6,896 before going to trial in the past four years. The Iskerlik zhane zhanashyrlyk project aimed at supporting those in need for social support is being carried out in Atyrau, North Kazakhstan and Kyzylorda regions.
In addition, the President was informed about the active participation of the older generation in realizing the law on public control. During the struggle with floods, veterans conducted large-scale awareness-raising campaigns, urging calm among citizens.
The Head of State was presented with proposals regarding the development of oil and gas sector, agriculture, religious situation as well as stabilization of prices for food in the regions.
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30.05.2024, 14:09 5456
Construction of new water reservoirs in Kazakhstan to increase irrigated areas by 250,000 ha
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The Kazakh Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry revealed what measures are taken to reduce dependence on transboundary waters, Kazinform News Agency reports.
The Ministry developed the 2030 water infrastructure renovation package plan. The plan provides for the construction of 57 new water reservoirs. 20 of them were included to the water resources management development concept. In particular, four water reservoirs will be built in Aktobe region, while Turkistan and Zhambyl regions will build three reservoirs each, West Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan, and Karaganda regions will construct two reservoirs each, Akmola, Almaty, Kyzylorda and Abai regions are set to build one reservoir each.
The new water reservoirs are projected to collect up to 2.5 billion cubic meters of water and increase the area of irrigable lands by 250,000 ha.
In addition, 15 existing water reservoirs will be renovated to improve water supplies on 74,000 hectares of irrigable lands. All these measures will help markedly accrue water resources and create conditions to meet the needs of agricultural producers and other economic sectors in water.
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30.05.2024, 08:02 20116
Olzhas Bektenov and European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski discuss cooperation in food security
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Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov with the European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski discussed the expansion of cooperation in the agricultural and food sector, primeminister.kz reports.
The participants of the meeting noted the special importance of food security. Measures to increase food exports to the EU market were considered, as well as the creation of joint projects for the production and processing of agricultural products.
Kazakhstan and the EU countries will continue the policy of improving the quality standards of agricultural products and support for farmers. In this direction, the need to strengthen co-operation in the introduction of advanced agricultural technologies, exchange of experience in reducing the risk of negative impact of climate change on the agricultural sector is outlined.
The agro-industrial complex is among the most important sectors of our economy. Given the potential of our country in the production of high-quality and environmentally friendly organic agricultural products, as well as the growing demand from the European side, we need to intensify work to expand the range of exports of Kazakhstani goods to the European market," Olzhas Bektenov emphasised.
Janusz Wojciechowski noted the favourable conditions created in Kazakhstan for investors and confirmed the intention of the EU countries to strengthen bilateral cooperation. Attention was also paid to measures to remove existing barriers to mutual trade and harmonisation of legislation.
During the meeting the positive dynamics of bilateral trade turnover between Kazakhstan and the EU was stated. In general, EU countries account for more than 40 per cent of attracted investments and about 30% of Kazakhstan's foreign trade. Over the year, the volume of trade increased by 3.5% and reached $41.4 billion, of which $31 billion is Kazakhstan's exports. At the same time, the special activity is observed in mutual trade in agricultural products: the indicator increased by 13.4%. The main export goods of domestic producers to the EU countries are wheat, flax seeds, rapeseed, processed grain crops and other categories. Work is underway to increase the share of exports of highly processed products.
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29.05.2024, 21:10 19481
Head of State Tokayev briefed on flood mitigation work
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President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan was informed about the elimination of the aftermath of floods and the restoration work, Kazinform News Agency cites the Akorda press service.
The Head of State was reported on the systematic work on elimination of the aftermath of floods and the implementation of the measures to support those affected.
As Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said, 30,770 families have received one-time payments in the amount of 100 monthly calculation indexes totaling over 11 billion tenge.
Intensive work is underway to provide residents of the regions suffered from floods by housing, In total, 15,103 houses have been inspected, on 11,186 of which assessment has been completed.
As of today, 432 families have received new homes and flats in exchange for the homes destroyed, including 225 in Kostanay, 83 in Akmola, 76 in Aktobe, 40 in North Kazakhstan, six in Karaganda and two in Pavlodar regions.
The Head of State was also briefed about the construction of 1,862 new homes for flood victims, including 394 in West Kazakhstan, 184 in Kostanay, 48 in Atyrau, 494 in Aktobe, 273 in Akmola, 500 in North Kazakhstan and five in Pavlodar regions.
2,947 families have received monetary compensations for housing repairing and reconstruction.
Bektenov informed about additional payments in the amount of up to 150 monthly calculation indexes to flood victims for basic necessities lost. 4,115 families have so far received compensations for a total of 1 billion tenge. The size of state assistance for died livestock has exceeded 2.3 billion tenge.
In addition, work is ongoing to compensate the damage caused to businesses. The Regional Commissions have reviewed and approved 12 applications from SMEs to the tune of around 21 million tenge following examinations. The hotline at 731 has been set up to provide information about the procedure of compensation and submission of documents. As a result of the preliminary estimate, 731 business entities have been affected by floods.
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