10 new production facilities are planned to be launched in the Karaganda region

11 new investment projects have been launched in the Karaganda region this year. There are plans to implement 10 more projects throughout the region.

Tatyana Ablaeva, Head of the Department of Economics, told about the economic development of the region at a briefing on the platform of the Regional Communications Service.

– According to the results of the first quarter, the economic growth rate was 8.7%. In the GRP structure, about 50% is accounted for by industrial production. 11 new investment projects have been launched. As a result, more than 23 thousand jobs have been created, of which 21 thousand are permanent. For the current year, the Head of State has set a clear task for the annual growth of gross domestic product at least 6%," the speaker said.

Also this year, it is planned to implement 27 investment projects in the field of agriculture and 10 in industry. Among the latter are the production of copper cathode in the Shet district, ferrosilicon aluminum in the Bukhar-Zhyrau district, wind power towers and reinforced concrete products in Karaganda, trucks, galvanized metal products and steel straight-seam pipes in Sarani.

About 4,000 new jobs will be created at these enterprises.

In addition, the rate of housing commissioning in the region has increased by 20.2% since the beginning of the year. This is more than 177 thousand square meters. 1,550 families will be able to improve their living conditions.

The region continues to support and develop small and medium-sized businesses. Over 100 projects have already received subsidies and guarantees under the regional Entrepreneur program. By the end of the year, it is planned to issue 704 micro-loans worth 5.6 billion tenge. Over 1,200 jobs will be created covering 124 rural districts. Thanks to the Unified Entrepreneurship Support Program, 4,000 projects will be funded this year.