Kazakh Vice PM instructed Economy & Trade Ministry to complete Plan B until March 1

"Certainly, the external factors will influence the growth of national economy. We must be prepared for different scenarios. Last year on the instruction of the Government there was developed a set of measures to stabilize the economy in case of deterioration of the situation. I think that to continue this work the Ministry has to complete the step-by-step anti-crisis plan or Plan B until March 1," Kelimbetov said on Tuesday.

He emphasized that the plan, first of all, should contain different scenarios of the world economy and reflect the appropriate response of the Government, Akims (governors), National Bank and Sumruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund.

"The Ministry must strengthen the operational monitoring of the situation in Kazakhstan and in the world on a daily basis and provide relevant information to the Government," Kelimbetov stressed.