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    THE GOVERNMENT WILL RETURN TO SOFTENING OF TARIFF POLICY...

    http://www.artsakhtert.com/eng/index.ph p
    22-02-2010

    At conventional session of NKR National Assembly one of the questions
    sounded during NA-government question and answer, which was asked
    at the end of the session by the Speaker Ashot Ghoulyan, concerned
    news round an increase of tariffs of municipal services, particularly
    already announced decision on increase of water tariff.

    Accepting the truth, that every enterprise always justifies its
    represented variant, and it's also true, because it's necessary to
    pay high price for qualified service, simultaneously the question
    is worrisome from the point of view of population's solvency. In
    order that increase of tariffs won't influence negatively upon social
    standard of population, has the government view order about showing
    assistance to more vulnerable sections of population?

    NKR Prime minister Ara Harutyunyan answering the question, has noted,
    that regulating commission defines tariffs: the managing subject
    discusses and adopts corresponding resolution. Thus the commission
    is not a body within the government, where the latter can show some
    interference. But of course, many times it participates in discussions,
    tries to take into consideration social condition, to soften somewhere
    tariff policy.

    The Prime minister has noted, that in the end of every year the
    government, for paying off debts of municipal services, is obliged
    to direct sums of hundred millions from state budget to payment of
    salaries, electricity, for acquisition of technics and so on. The
    reason is, that the tariff does not correspond with the reality.

    The head of the government has informed, that in forthcoming rise in
    the price of gas is expected. The enterprise supplying gas, which will
    acquire gas more expensively and which also will incur expenses and
    investments, should involve all this in its accounting and represent
    to regulating commission, and the last will define tariff of gas.

    And what compensation can government realize after increase of tariffs,
    it must discuss during adoption of a bill about state budget.

    Such thing is not foreseen by state budget of 2010. When the draft
    of state budget of 2010 is discussed, that time the government will
    try to realize different social programs for reducing social tension.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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