"To help people who have lost or are about to lose their jobs, we are launching regional employment programmes that are funded by the federal budget by 95%. We believe that regional and local municipal budgets should also contribute to this effort. However, realising that the incomes of the regions will also decline, we have decided to finance these undertakings almost fully. A total of 43.7 billion roubles have been allocated from the federal budget for this purpose."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
They discussed trade and economic matters, energy partnership, and the performance of the Intergovernmental Commission.
Sergei Sobyanin told the meeting that over 400 billion roubles’ worth of federal-budget allocations would be spent on streamlining the tax policy. He said the funding would be used to streamline profit tax, value-added tax and other tax categories.
Following the meeting, the Commission decided to raise the lower rate of customs duty on imports of cane raw sugar from $140 to $165 per metric ton.
“We realise that the programme’s success depends on productive cooperation between federal and regional authorities,” Mr Shuvalov said.
Vladimir Putin appointed Yury Osintsev Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation in the rank of Secretary of State, and Roman Panov Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation.
Events for 24 march 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting on economic issues
“The planned programme for the development of the pension system is our absolute priority. We must start implementing it in 2010, although we are already taking the required measures to create the conditions for its full-scale implementation.”
