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SERIOUS POLITICAL DECISIONS ADOPTED
http://www.gov.am/en/news/item/6065/
Thursday, 2 February 2012
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan.
Before proceeding to the agenda, the head of government highlighted
some issues which were described as of serious political relevance.
Guided by the fundamental principle of human capital development,
understanding that well-being is provided through high-standard
education and professional qualification, the government approved a
program of assessment of servicemen's educational needs in army units
and implementation of educational programs and approved the sample
questionnaire and results forms.
Embracing a new social policy line implying transition from relief
efforts to implementation of educational, healthcare, housing and other
programs, as well as provision of welfare packages to beneficiary
groups, the government approved an educational need assessment,
support and monitoring program for children aged 16-18 from duly
registered vulnerable households.
The program seeks to raise the living standards of eligible families
through enhanced access to vocational education, increased social
opportunities for their children and so on.
The government decided to allocate AMD 163mn to the Ministry
of Agriculture in the first quarter of 2012 for the loading and
transportation of nitrogenous fertilizers to be provided to land
users at a reasonable price.
The next decision bore on the procurement of diesel fuel under a
State support program for domestic land users for which the Ministry
of Agriculture will be allocated AMD 1,327,914bn in the first quarter
of 2012.
The meeting decided to extend up till February 20, 2015 the deadline
set for VAT settlements by Hanna-Trans Ltd for over AMD 300mn worth
of goods imported in the period from February 20 to March 31, 2012
under the ongoing investment program
The company plans to organize the transportation of coal from Maghavuz
region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Vardenis railway junction for further
delivery to Yerevan TPP by Hanna-Group. The coal so transported shall
be used as a water-carbonic fuel for electricity purposes.
To attract foreign direct investments with a view to boosting the
exports of advanced technologies conducive to new jobs and sustainable
economic development, the government decided to set up a free economic
zone on the site of RAO Mars CJSC and Development Institute CJSC.
With a focus on electronics, precision engineering, pharmaceuticals and
biotechnologies, information technology, alternative energy, industrial
design and telecommunications sectors, this Sitronics-Armenia
CJSC-hosted first Armenian free economic zone will be effective for
a term of 10 years.
The meeting went on to endorse the Come Back Home - 2012 program with
an action plan expected to bring to Armenia some 800 teenagers from
the Diaspora during the year.
In conclusion, the meeting backed a draft presidential decree on
establishment of Armenia's consulate general in Odessa (Ukraine).
There are some 400 thousand Armenians currently living in Ukraine, with
about 150-180 thousand people domiciled the country's south-eastern
regions, including Odessa and the Crimea.
The founding of the general consulate in Odessa will help improve
the quality of services provided to Armenians from Ukraine's distant
south-eastern regions, Crimea and Moldova.
The meeting agenda comprised some 50 items altogether.
http://www.gov.am/en/news/item/6065/
Thursday, 2 February 2012
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan.
Before proceeding to the agenda, the head of government highlighted
some issues which were described as of serious political relevance.
Guided by the fundamental principle of human capital development,
understanding that well-being is provided through high-standard
education and professional qualification, the government approved a
program of assessment of servicemen's educational needs in army units
and implementation of educational programs and approved the sample
questionnaire and results forms.
Embracing a new social policy line implying transition from relief
efforts to implementation of educational, healthcare, housing and other
programs, as well as provision of welfare packages to beneficiary
groups, the government approved an educational need assessment,
support and monitoring program for children aged 16-18 from duly
registered vulnerable households.
The program seeks to raise the living standards of eligible families
through enhanced access to vocational education, increased social
opportunities for their children and so on.
The government decided to allocate AMD 163mn to the Ministry
of Agriculture in the first quarter of 2012 for the loading and
transportation of nitrogenous fertilizers to be provided to land
users at a reasonable price.
The next decision bore on the procurement of diesel fuel under a
State support program for domestic land users for which the Ministry
of Agriculture will be allocated AMD 1,327,914bn in the first quarter
of 2012.
The meeting decided to extend up till February 20, 2015 the deadline
set for VAT settlements by Hanna-Trans Ltd for over AMD 300mn worth
of goods imported in the period from February 20 to March 31, 2012
under the ongoing investment program
The company plans to organize the transportation of coal from Maghavuz
region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Vardenis railway junction for further
delivery to Yerevan TPP by Hanna-Group. The coal so transported shall
be used as a water-carbonic fuel for electricity purposes.
To attract foreign direct investments with a view to boosting the
exports of advanced technologies conducive to new jobs and sustainable
economic development, the government decided to set up a free economic
zone on the site of RAO Mars CJSC and Development Institute CJSC.
With a focus on electronics, precision engineering, pharmaceuticals and
biotechnologies, information technology, alternative energy, industrial
design and telecommunications sectors, this Sitronics-Armenia
CJSC-hosted first Armenian free economic zone will be effective for
a term of 10 years.
The meeting went on to endorse the Come Back Home - 2012 program with
an action plan expected to bring to Armenia some 800 teenagers from
the Diaspora during the year.
In conclusion, the meeting backed a draft presidential decree on
establishment of Armenia's consulate general in Odessa (Ukraine).
There are some 400 thousand Armenians currently living in Ukraine, with
about 150-180 thousand people domiciled the country's south-eastern
regions, including Odessa and the Crimea.
The founding of the general consulate in Odessa will help improve
the quality of services provided to Armenians from Ukraine's distant
south-eastern regions, Crimea and Moldova.
The meeting agenda comprised some 50 items altogether.