Kazakh Government approved specified draft Budget for 2010

17:03, 1 March 2010

ASTANA. March 1. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ The Kazakh Government approved the draft Budget for 2010 presented by Kazakh Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov today at the session of the Government.

According to the Minister, the specified parameters of the republican budget include: revenues - KZT 3 378.4 bln with increase to the current budget by KZT 189.4bln, expenditures - KZT 4 182.0 bln with attraction by KZT 24.1 bln compared to specified budget.

The Minister laid special emphasis on allocation of funds on the following directions: KZT 53.8 bln is provided for increase of salaries of public workers and state scholarships of students in regard to postponement of the 25% increase from July 1 to April 1, 2010, KZT 143.8 bln is allocated for acceleration of measures within the State Program of forced industrial-innovative development of the country, KZT 16 bln - for activates aimed at maintenance of internal political stability and development of the international relations, etc.

As Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov informed, the specified budget will be submitted for consideration of "Nur Otan" National Democratic Party on March 2 and later the Cabinet intends to submit it for consideration of the Kazakh Parliament.

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