A. Mamin visited the West Kazakhstan region on a working trip

During his trip to the West Kazakhstan region, Prime Minister Askar Mamin held a meeting on the further socio-economic development of the region, and also inspected the implementation of transport, housing, engineering and communication infrastructure, agro-industrial complex projects.

Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar, Akim of the region Gali Iskaliyev, Ministers of Industry and Infrastructure Development Beibut Atamkulov, Energy-Magzum Mirzagaliyev, Vice-Ministers of National Economy Alisher Abdikadyrov, Finance - Marat Sultangaziyev reported on the development of a Comprehensive plan of socio-economic development of the West Kazakhstan Region for 2021-2025, the socio — economic situation, infrastructure construction, the issue of electricity and gas supply, as well as investment projects.

Within the framework of the integrated socio-economic development of the West Kazakhstan region, it is planned to implement 141 measures for the development of the manufacturing industry, agriculture, social sphere, housing, transport, engineering and communication infrastructure, civil protection and environmental protection within five years. It is planned to attract 2.4 trillion tenge of investments, of which 80% is private capital.

The implementation of the Comprehensive Plan will allow to increase the volume of the manufacturing industry from 205 to 300 billion tenge per year by 2025, the share of SMEs-from 32.7% to 37.8%.

"Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pays great attention to the development of the West Kazakhstan region. The region has a high potential for industrial development. The implementation of the measures of the Comprehensive Socio-Economic Development Plan being developed will give a serious impetus to attracting investment, creating new jobs and improving the welfare of the population," A. Mamin said.

The Prime Minister instructed to submit a draft Comprehensive Plan to the Republican Budget Commission for consideration within two weeks, after which the issue will be discussed at a Government meeting.

1. Mamin also held a separate meeting on the development of the oil and gas and chemical industry in the West Kazakhstan region with the participation of domestic and foreign investors-KPO B. v., Shell, Agip Karachaganak B. v., SRPM Resources Ltd., Nostrum Oil&Gas, ABS-Munai, etc. The state and prospects of implementing new investment projects in these sectors of the economy are considered — an increase in the volume of oil and gas production, as well as their processing, the construction of a refinery, a plant for the production of potash fertilizers, etc. Special attention is paid to the timely implementation of investment projects at the Karachaganak field, as well as providing gas to the domestic market.

As part of the working trip, A. Mamin got acquainted with the progress of the reconstruction of the Uralsk International Airport. The implementation of the project will increase the passenger turnover by 2 times from 200 thousand to 400 thousand passengers per year. Commissioning is scheduled for December 2021.

The Head of the Government was informed about the implementation of projects for the reconstruction and modernization of roads in the West Kazakhstan region, the development of engineering, communication and energy infrastructure of the region.

The Prime Minister visited the enterprises " Batys Su Arnasy "and" Zhaiyk Et " LLP, as well as the village of Tukpai of the Terekta district, where he got acquainted with the construction of housing infrastructure under the "Nurly Zher" program, the development of the agro-industrial complex of the region.

For 8 months of this year, the volume of construction works in the West Kazakhstan region increased by 2.9% compared to the same period last year, amounting to 88.5 billion tenge. 302 thousand square meters of housing were put into operation (+2.7%). The volume of gross agricultural output increased by 0.7% and amounted to 120.9 billion tenge.

At the same time, the volume of investments in fixed assets decreased by 29.2% to 214.2 billion tenge, the volume of industrial production by 6.8% and amounted to 1.77 trillion tenge. The volume of production of the mining industry decreased by 6.9%, the manufacturing industry-by 12.8%. At the same time,the production of chemical industry products increased by 1.5 times, finished metal products — by 11.8%.

 

Press Service of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan