10 news that made Kazakhstan people happy

ASTANA. January 17. KAZINFORM Today President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has delivered his annual State-of-the-Nation Address themed "Kazakhstan's way - 2050: common goal, common interests, common future". Kazinform offers its readers ten statements encouraging optimism.

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1. The GDP per capita will grow by 4.5 times from USD 13 000 to USD 60 000. 2. Healthy lifestyle, human resource and technological development of the country's healthcare sector will increase Kazakhstan's life expectancy up to 80 years. 3. Small business will become a family tradition to be handed from generation to generation. 4. All the barriers hindering agricultural business development, process of cooperation of farming and effective land use will be removed. 5. Farmers will have access to long-term funding and sales markets without any middleman involved. 6. Children aged 3-6 will be fully covered by pre-school education by 2020. 7. The problem of the lack of schools the countrywide will be eliminated in the 3 years to come. 8. Student grants will be increased by 25% since January 1, 2016. 9. A new model of civil servants' reward will be implemented since next July 1. 10. Social security disability benefits and survivors' pension will grow by 25%.