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    STRUCTURAL CHANGES

    NKR Government Information and Public Relations Department
    August 13, 2008

    NKR Government Session

    Today, a regular session of the NKR Government chaired by the
    Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan has taken place. Before passing to
    agenda issues, on Executive's behalf, the head of the Government
    congratulated Lernik Hakobyan the newly appointed Minister of Culture
    and Youth Affairs, as well as Valeri Balayan, Karen Shahramanyan and
    Sergey Shahverdov correspondingly appointed Chiefs of Production
    Infrastructures' Department, Capital Construction Department and
    Tourism Department adjunct to the NKR Government.

    At the session, first of all information of Spartak Tevosyan, Minister
    of Finance, concerning implementation of the NKR Budget 2008 in the
    first half year was heard to.

    It was noted that in January-June the GDP of the Republic has formed
    35.3 mlrd drams, which is 8 percent more than it was in the same
    period of the previous year. The factual economic growth formed 13.6
    percent. With regard to private incomes 8 mlrd 776.7 mln drams were
    collected, which is 1 percent more than it was foreseen. According
    to the Minister's information, with regard to tax incomes the task
    was fulfilled by 100.2 percent, which considerably surpasses the
    index of the first half year in 2007. With regard to non-tax incomes
    non-fulfillment was recorded, though the index is also considerably
    higher than in the previous year. S.Tevosyan also announced other
    figures which evidence of excellent implementation of 2008 state
    budget in the first half year in different spheres.

    Touching upon the issue being discussed the Prime Minister
    A.Haroutyunyan in particular noted that in the accounting period 600
    mln drams more total tax sum, than it was foreseen, were entered into
    the State Budget. It was mainly provided by appropriate organization of
    banking activities,-the Prime Minister has emphasized. The index of the
    previous year's same period was surpassed by 43.2 percent. Equal status
    is created for everyone and all must be involved into the process of
    tax obligations fulfillment. It was accentuated, that conditioned
    by the large-scale tax-payer "Base Metals" company's paid means,
    safety of tax entries had considerably increased. Our economy must
    not have strong dependence on separate great tax-payers,-the head of
    the Government said. - Thus, great importance is attached to small
    and middle business development.

    In the first half year expenses foreseen by the State Budget was
    implemented at 82.8 percent. In this concern, the Prime Minister
    A.Harutyunyan has specified that over-expenditure were mainly recorded
    in the sphere of construction: some design estimates works were not
    carried out in terms and the dependent construction was hindered. The
    Prime Minister has expressed confidence that wastes will be catch up
    within the next months and before the end of the year builders will
    realize all construction programmes foreseen fore the 2008. "We shall
    overfulfil the NKR Budget 2008",- A.Haroutyunyan assured.

    Considerable part of the agenda issues were concerning structural and
    status changing of the NKR Government's separate departments. The
    Executive has approved of the resolution on foundation of state
    governing establishment "Staff of Production Infrastructures'
    Department adjunct to the NKR Government", has affirmed the regulations
    of the new structure, the structure of its staff and the quantity
    and size of the property handed over to it. Similar resolutions
    concerning capital construction and tourism departments', adjunct to
    the NKR Government were adopted. The division of historic and cultural
    monuments' study, which by today was within the structure of the NKR
    Culture and Youth Affairs Ministry, is passed into the structure of
    Tourism Department.

    Changes into some Executive's previously adopted resolutions were
    introduced. The Juridical Division of the NKR Government Staff
    was reorganized into Juridical Department. The Division of Social
    Issues and Urban Planning and the Division of Natural Resources of
    the Government Staff through joining were reorganized and passed
    into Administrative Service of the Government. By fixation of the
    mentioned and other changes the structure of the new state governing
    establishment "NKR Government Staff" was affirmed. According to it,
    nine subdivisions: including Prime Minister's Control Service,
    Legal Department, Department of Territorial Administration and
    Local Self-governing, Information and Public Relations Department,
    Administrative Service, National Minorities and Religion Issues
    Division, First Division and Finance and Accounting Divisions will
    function.

    In accordance with the new structure of the Government the State
    committee of Water Industry was renamed into department and the
    activity of Archive Board Department was ceased. It was reorganized
    into SNCO and will function within the structure of the Ministry of
    Justice. The resolution will come into force from November1, 2008.

    Changes and additions were introduced in the regulations and
    the structure of the Staff of the NKR Economic Development
    Ministry. All this is defined in the adopted last law about the NKR
    Government. According to it a part of competences retained to the
    Economic Development Ministry were passed to Production Infrastructures
    and Tourism Departments adjunct to the NKR Government.

    The last change adopted at the session was in concern with Department
    of Migration, Refugees and Resettlement adjunct to the NKR Government.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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