BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 3
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The main goal of Kazakhstan’s government is to ensure economic growth by 3 percent in 2021, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin said, Trend reports citing the press office of the government.
Mamin made the statement during the government session during which the measures to implement the instructions of the President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev given at the expanded Government session on Jan. 26, 2020, were considered.
In order to implement the instructions, measures have been developed to support economic activity and ensure employment of the population, improve tax and budget policies, increase housing affordability, develop health care systems, education, etc.
The government will develop National Projects for the Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex, oil and gas chemistry, electric power industry, water resources management, ecology "Zhasyl Kazakhstan" and other spheres.
“Structural and stimulating measures should provide comprehensive support for the population and business, their adaptation to new conditions, as well as the revitalization of economic activity. In the new reality, it is necessary to focus on the development of a self-sufficient and diversified economy with a focus on the proactive promotion of non-resource exports and targeted investment attraction. Small and medium-sized businesses should give impetus to the development of the economy,” Mamin said.
The head of government drew particular attention to the need to develop health care systems, education and productive employment.
The prime minister stressed that the main goal of the government in 2021 is to ensure economic growth by 3 percent, increase investment in fixed assets to 20 percent of GDP and the share of small and medium-sized businesses to 30 percent, increase labor productivity in agriculture by 1.4 times , manufacturing output growth by 10 percent, unemployment reduction to 4.9 percent.
Mamin instructed the Ministry of National Economy to submit a draft Roadmap for the Implementation of the president's Instructions given at the extended session of the Government within next two days.
“The main task is to improve the quality of life and increase the income of our citizens. There is a lot of work to be done, it is necessary to promptly and effectively fulfill each order of the Head of State,” the prime minister said.
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