Over KZT 60 bln tenge allocated as support measure for small and medium-sized business in 2015
16:00, 17 February 2015
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Over 60 bln tenge was allocated from the national budget and national fund as an anti-crisis measure for building of the infrastructure for the projects of small and medium-sized business, Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Yerbolat Dossayev told at enlarged sitting of the committee for economic reforms and regional development of the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan where the measures of state support for the entities of small and medium-sized business within the Business Road map-2020.
"KZT 174.4 bln was allocated from the national budget from 2010 through 2015 for implementation of the program. KZT 51.9 bln was allocated from the national budget and 10 bln tenge was allocated national fund as an anti-crisis measure for building of the infrastructure for the projects of small and medium-sized business," Y. Dossayev noted.
According to him, 230442 entrepreneurs are embraced with the support measures. As a result, over 237 thousand jobs were created thanks to the taken measures. The share of credits rendered within the framework of the program makes 13.7% of all the credits extended by the banks in the priority sectors of the economy, and about 37% of them account for the processing industry.