Economy

As the minister informed, at present over 3.3 million tons of solid waste have been accumulated at 3.3 thousand landfills of the country. About 5 million tons of solid waste are formed annually.

It is suggested creating a food and processing industries committee at the Agriculture Ministry to form the single agro-processing practice. Besides, it is stipulated to introduce the common approach to develop resource-based and processing industries.

The marginal retail price of disposable medical three-layer masks has been reduced from 118 to 85 tenge, i.e. by 28%.

The number of coronavirus cases in the region climbed to 7,150, 4,693 recovered, 13 died.

He recalled that the forecast for the economy was updated in early April.

This was reported by the Press Service of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This year, the capital of Kazakhstan celebrates its 22nd birthday.

Astana Finance Days conference is taking place online from June 29 to July 3, the central topic of discussion is the development of markets in a changing world and the impact of the pandemic on the global economy.

International rating agencies praised the financial stability of EDB: Standard & Poor's upgraded the bank to BBB, Moody’s affirmed Baa1, and Fitch assigned a rating of BBB +.

He instructed the regional akimats to provide an additional purchase of modern computer equipment, robotics rooms and STEM for schools in accordance with the requirements of the digital portfolio.