В рамках исполнения установок Главы государства по демонополизации экономики и ликвидации искусственно созданных посреднических структур Правительство приступило к наведению порядка на рынке энергоснабжения. Основная цель – исключить посредников, необоснованно завышающих конечную стоимость электроэнергии для потребителей.
По поручению Премьер-Министра Олжаса Бектенова с 1 апреля т.г. приостановлена работа нерегулируемых энергоснабжающих организаций (далее - ЭСО), которые работали на рынке с 2004 года и могли самостоятельно устанавливать размер тарифов для бизнеса и ряда бюджетных организаций. При этом прибыльность таких компаний, как показывает анализ, составляла порядка 30-50% или 5-20 тенге за 1 кВт.ч. Полученная прибыль нерегулируемых ЭСО не направлялась на модернизацию энергетической системы.
Работа по искоренению непродуктивных посредников будет продолжена в рамках нового закона "О теплоэнергетике", который в настоящее время уже одобрен в первом чтении Мажилисом Парламента РК. Для решения существующих проблем на рынке электроснабжения Правительством РК на первом этапе принято решение ограничить деятельность нерегулируемых ЭСО. Вторым этапом будет осуществлена передача сферы электроснабжения региональным электросетевым компаниям. Это благоприятно скажется на тарифе электрической энергии, а также приведет к следующим положительным эффектам:
- снижение тарифа для юридических лиц, соответственно, снижение нагрузки на бизнес, что обеспечит равные условия и снижение цены конечной продукции для населения;
- снижение тарифа для бюджетных организаций, что приведет к экономии бюджета и позволит направить сэкономленные средства на социально значимые проекты;
- увеличение инвестиций в энергетический сектор с минимальным влиянием на тариф для конечных потребителей.
Аналогичная работа будет проведена и в иных отраслях, где отмечается неоправданное завышение цен за счет непродуктивных посредников.
The Ministry of National Economy, jointly with the Astana Police Department, organized a training seminar for MNEs to improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures.
Attendees were told about modern terrorism, its manifestations, consequences and how to confront it.
Audience attention was focused on the security of facilities vulnerable to terrorism and possible sources of terrorist threat.
Program of the event also included a briefing on evacuation actions.
The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, government bodies, agencies, UN programmes in Kazakhstan, academics and civil society.
In her speech, Nurgul Zhannazarova, Director of the Department of Development of Social Sphere, Law Enforcement and Special Bodies of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, informed about the ongoing work of the Government to promote SDGs at the national and regional levels.
She also noted the importance of effective cooperation with international partners and spoke about the updating of national SDG indicators and their implementation in the documents of the State Planning System, including localisation at the local level.
During the session, the participants touched upon human development and equal participation, inclusive economic growth and environmental sustainability, human rights and gender equality.
Today at the Government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Economy Nurlan Baibazarov spoke about approaches to the development of single-industry towns..
As noted by Nurlan Baibazarov, currently in Kazakhstan there are 20 single-industry towns with a population of 1.4 million people. They operate 23 city-forming enterprises. The share of industrial production of single-industry towns is 40% of the total volume of the country.
Condition of social and engineering infrastructure
Average availability – 88,8%
Depreciation of water supply networks - 55.8%, sewerage networks - 66.5%, heating networks - 54.4%
There is a need for construction and repair of social facilities and transport infrastructure
Approved Comprehensive Development Plans for the cities of Altai, Balkhash, Zhitikara, Lisakovsk, Ridder, Stepnogorsk for 2023-2027.
Measures of state support for SMEs in single-industry towns over the last 5 years
2019-2023 Baiterek NMH JSC financed 29 major projects for KZT 260.7 billion
3.9 thousand microcredits for KZT 30 billion, loan guarantees for KZT 33.5 billion, subsidised 1.4 thousand projects for KZT 122.5 billion, 107 grants for KZT 428 million were issued
For the current year it is planned to finance the development of single-industry towns in the amount of 62.8 billion tenge ( KZT 31.2 billion for RB and KZT 28.4 billion for LB).
Further measures for the development of single-industry towns
Annual increase in funding for engineering infrastructure and SME support programmes in single-industry towns
Scaling up the off-take contracting system
Processing of technogenic-mineral formations
Creation of small industrial zones in vacant sites of single-industry towns
Realisation of "anchor" projects
Geological exploration around single-industry towns
At the meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, the Government considered the draft of the updated Set of measures to control and reduce the inflation rate.
The document will be prolonged up to 2025 inclusive and supplemented with new measures. They are aimed at building up stocks of autumn harvest vegetables, implementation of investment projects in the chemical industry, import-substituting projects in the light industry. They also include construction of a greenhouse complex and vegetable storage in Shymkent, a vegetable oil plant in East Kazakhstan region, a meat processing plant in Almaty region, cultivation of intensive orchards in Kyzylorda region, installation of a crop irrigation system in Kostanay region, and others.
«The updated Package of Measures will include target indicators for each measure. In general, the document is focused on fighting inflation by increasing commodity supply. Therefore, all involved government agencies need to strengthen measures to increase production of domestic products to saturate the domestic market," said Vice Minister of National Economy Timur Zhaksylykov.
The draft Package of Measures was approved at the meeting. The document will be sent for necessary conciliation procedures and approval.
The Government held a meeting of the Republican Headquarters for coordination of flood control measures and elimination of consequences of the flood period.
Within the framework of the Headquarters Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Economy Nurlan Baibazarov reported that funds for compensation of damage to victims of natural emergencies are provided in the reserve of local executive bodies.
The preliminary amount of damage will be determined by local executive authorities, the Ministry of Industry and Construction and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
In case of additional need, funding will be provided from the Government's reserve.
Algorithm of actions:
1) Victims who have incurred material damage, within 30 calendar days from the date of the emergency, submit to local executive authorities an application for compensation of material damage.
2) Within 10 working days from the date of registration of the application, local executive authorities shall organise an assessment of the amount of damage caused.
The list of affected citizens, whose housing is recognised as emergency, will be formed by local Akimats.
The participants considered the results of the Public Council's activities for 2023 and the work plan for the current year, as well as the implementation of the Set of Measures to Control and Reduce Inflation for 2023-2024.
As the Chairman of the Public Council Almas Chukin noted, last year the CB members considered 114 draft regulatory legal acts of the Ministry, of which 100 were adopted. For the 1st quarter of this year 17 drafts were considered.
In addition, it is planned to consider 16 topical issues of the MNE by the end of this year.
In turn, Director of the Department of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting Vagiz Khismatulin said that the Complex of measures to control and reduce inflation for 2023-2024 provides for the implementation of 90 measures of operational and medium-term nature.
According to him, annual inflation slowed down to 9.3% at the end of February this year.
"Over the year, prices for socially important food products increased by 0.8%. The implementation of the document continues. For the current year, the inflation target corridor is set at 6-8%," - Khismatulin informed.
In Astana, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Economy Nurlan Baibazarov held a meeting with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The meeting was attended by EBRD Managing Director for Central Asia Zsuzsanna Hargitai and Head of the EBRD for Kazakhstan Hussein Ozkhan.
The parties summarised the results of joint work for 2023 and identified priorities for 2024.
N. Baybazarov emphasised that currently between Kazakhstan and the EBRD have established close ties involving a wide range of economic issues.
The readiness of the Government of Kazakhstan to work productively with the EBRD on the implementation of infrastructure projects, as well as in the areas of "green" energy, transport and logistics, development of renewable energy and private business was noted.
Today, at a Government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Economy Nurlan Baybazarov spoke about the measures taken to improve the quality of life of the rural population.
As N.Baybazarov noted, in order to reveal the socio-economic potential of rural areas, taking into account their geographical features and competitive advantages, the Concept of Rural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023-2027 and an Action Plan have been approved.
Implementation of the Concept of Rural Development in 2023
Within the framework of the Auyl-El Besigi program, 1.8 thousand projects were implemented in 771 villages worth KZT 194 billion
4.9 thousand water supply and sanitation facilities were built for KZT 113 billion
85 primary health care facilities have been built
176 villages are connected to Wi-Fi HotSpot technology
Within the framework of the Auyl Amanaty project, 12.7 thousand micro-loans worth KZT 79 billion were issued
The size of the budget loan for the project "With a diploma in the village" has been increased from 1,500 to 2,500 MCI
Auyl-El besigi implementation program
In 2019-2023, KZT 524 billion was allocated, more than 5.4 thousand projects were implemented in 1.8 thousand support and satellite villages
This made it possible to build and repair 578 housing and communal services facilities, 1.7 thousand social facilities and more than 3 thousand intra-village roads
This year, KZT 179 billion has been allocated, 1.4 thousand projects are planned to be implemented in more than 500 villages
Implementation of With diploma in the village project
From 2009 to 2023, more than 105 thousand specialists in rural areas received lifting allowances for 20.3 billion tenge, of which more than 48 thousand received housing for KZT 160.4 billion
This year, KZT 25 billion is provided, which will provide housing for about 3.1 thousand specialists
«For the intensive development of the rural economy, it is necessary to increase the revenue side of the budgets of rural districts. For this purpose, it is planned to transfer some types of additional taxes and payments, which will increase the income of the IV level of the budget by 2.5 times and bring it to KZT 167 billion," - the minister said.
It is also planned to increase the annual financing of the Auyl-El Besigi project, as well as programs for the development of rural entrepreneurship and the agro-industrial complex.
The 2—day B5+1 Forum, the first ever Forum of five Central Asian countries and the United States, united by a business agenda, has ended.
Among the participants are Special Assistant to the President of the United States Nicholas Berliner, Deputy Prime Minister of the National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Baybazarov, representatives of Atameken NCE and others.
First Vice Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan T. Zhaksylykov noted in his report that the Forum allowed to immerse oneself in the actions of Governments and business circles of partner countries, as well as discuss a common plan to expand public-private dialogue and improve the regional business environment.
Growth points such as e-commerce, agribusiness, tourism, transport and logistics were noted, which will certainly have a positive impact on the region's economy.
Creating a common market and strengthening business ties in Central Asia will attract more international investment and expand trade horizons, including access to global markets, and diversify East-West trade corridors.
The focus on the development of transport infrastructure in Central Asia will be a determining factor in reducing costs and, consequently, increasing the competitiveness of the region in the global economy.
Climate, energy and water challenges in Central Asia were also announced at the Forum.