During a Government Presidium meeting, Vladimir Putin said that the regional and federal authorities should not allow electricity and gas tariffs to exceed the planned 15% increase. The prime minister also instructed the Federal Antimonopoly Service to continue monitoring fuel price cuts. Another major topic on the agenda was the implementation of the second stage of the demographic development programme. Putin said that 876 billion roubles of budget funds would be earmarked for this purpose through 2013.