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  • Project Of NKR State Budget 2009 Was Submitted To Parliament

    PROJECT OF NKR STATE BUDGET 2009 WAS SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT

    NKR Government Information and
    Public Relations Department
    December 27, 2008

    Today, the NKR Government submitted the project of the State
    Budget 2009 of the Republic to the joint session of the NKR
    National Assembly's permanent commissions. The main data included
    in the document were announced by the NKR Deputy Minister of Finance
    M.Hakobjanyan. It was noted that in 2009 the incomes and expenses are
    anticipated to form correspondingly 54 mlrd 52 mln 14.4 thousand and
    58 mlrd 542 mln 100 thousand drams. The Budget deficit is anticipated
    to form a sum of 4 mlrd 490 mln 85.6 thousand drams.

    During the session the NKR Prime Minister delivered a speech,
    introduced a number of macro indices and touched upon the pivotal
    references holding a place in the financial project.

    The NKR Prime Minister underlined that according to the middle-term
    expense programme in 2008 the GDP should have formed 87 mlrd drams,
    today it is expected to form 86.1 mlrd drams, which has increased
    by 14.9 percent against the index of 2007 in case of 5.9 percent of
    deflator. According to the middle-term expense programme 103 mlrd
    drams and according to the State Budget project equal to 102.1 mlrd
    drams was planned for 2009, which corresponds to an increase of 14
    percent under the conditions of 4 percent of deflatinn. The average
    annual real growth of 14 percent anticipated by the NKR Government
    activity's programme will be retained as well under these economically
    hard conditions. The rates of growth will be retained, first of all,
    due to agriculture, construction services and other spheres. In 2007
    the GDP per head formed 1489 USA dollars, in 2008 it will form 2023,
    and in 2009- 2400 dollars. In 2007 the State Budget own incomes against
    the GDP formed 20.6 percent, which corresponds to 14.5 mlrd drams,
    in 2008 it formed 21.1 percent, corresponding to 18.1 mlrd drams, in
    2009 it will form 20.5 percent, correspondingly 20.9 mlrd drams. For
    2009 the tax revenues are planned with a decrease of 1.8 mlrd drams
    and the expenses with that of 2.3 mlrd drams, as compared with
    the middle-term expense programme, which is stipulated by the "Base
    Metals", the greatest tax-payer company, and tax payment decrease. In
    2007 the tax payments of this company formed more than 40 percent
    of the receipts recruited by the State Budget, in 2008 they will
    form 20 percent and in 2009 up to 10 percent. Without "Base Metals"
    the tax receipts of 2008 will increase by 50 percent against 2007.

    In concern with expenses the NKR Prime Minister noted that according
    to the Budget project of 2009 the factual expenses will increase by
    6.5 mlrd drams in comparison with 2008 taking into account as well
    the 600 mln drams' deficit of receipts from capital services. In 2009
    the increase of the salary fund will be equal to 3.2 mlrd drams and it
    will form 16.3 mlrd drams. The expenses in the social sphere (pensions,
    allowances, indemnities, etc) will increase by 2.2 mlrd drams and will
    be equal to a sum of 15.9 mlrd drams. The grants rendered to Community
    Budgets will increase by 526 mln drams and will form 7.62 mlrd drams.

    Subsidies allotted to community budgets will increase by 526 mn
    drams and will form 7.62 mlrd drams. Means rendered to the sphere of
    agriculture will increase by 900 mln drams, which will be used for
    realization of different agricultural state programmes and in tote
    will form 2.35 mlrd drams, credit programmes excluding.

    "I want, in particular, note that allotment of 340 mln drams assigned
    for protection of monuments and that of 150 mln drams for formation
    of the state fisc, by the way, was envisaged for the fist time,
    regardless of the fact that, within the year additional means for
    forming the state exchequers will also be allotted..

    It is foreseen to assign 9.3 mlrd drams, or 1.8 mlrd drams more, to the
    sphere of education, from which 6.85 mlrd drams will be destined for
    salaries (42 percent of total salaries), which is by 1.45 mlrd drams
    more than in 2008. Sums assigned to the sphere of higher education
    will increase by 183 mln drams.

    According to the State Budget 2009 capital investments will form 12
    mlrd drams, which is 1.2 mlrd drams less in comparison with 2008.

    The Prime Minister announced that a hypothecary fund is foreseen to be
    founded, which will finance more than 3 mlrd drams for implementation
    of programmes by securing the process. Moreover, about 3 mlrd drams
    of bank resources are foreseen to draw in for realization of capital
    construction programmes at state guarantee, as well as 300 mln drams
    of draw in means - for supply. "We shall issue governmental bonds
    at the rate of 1 mlrd drams, which will be aimed at shortening of
    budget deficiency,-A.Haroutyunyan noted. He has qualified the State
    Budget 2009, both like social and crisis-proof one, which will allow
    providing high tempos of economic growth.

    "Taking into consideration total volumes of draw in and off-budget
    means and guarantees of the Budget, draw in sums, hypothecary market,
    assistance envisaged for development of SME, unprecedented sums
    assigned to the sphere of agriculture, growth of capital investments
    foreseen by the State Budget and the heavy economic situation we shall
    manage to record high tempos of economic development satisfying us
    by the end of 2009,- the head of the NKR Government stated.

    On delivering the speech, the Prime Minister answered deputies'
    questions, gave additional clarifications, in particular, with regard
    to the NKR fisc, house construction and other issues.

    At the session, the Chairman of the NKR National Assembly Ashot
    Ghoulyan spoke with his considerations in concern with the State
    Budget. He attached importance to active cooperation between
    legislative and executive authorities both in adoption of the document
    and its implementation activities.

    Discussions of the State Budget project with separate commissions,
    according to spheres, will continue in the Parliament, within the
    next few days.

    The document will be finally adopted by the NA by the end of the
    current year.
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