Kazakhstan Parliament adopts new 3-year budget

Kazakhstan Parliament has unanimously adopted the country’s budget for 2013-2015,Tengrinews.kz reports.

“Dear member of the Parliament, today we had a clamorous talk on adopting the budget. Its adoption is our common task. We should always work as a team and take decisions jointly. I hope it will continue like this in future,” Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov told the deputies.

Speaker of the Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) Nurlan Nigmatulin said that the deputies managed to improve the budget and find additional funds for resolution of social issues.

“We have dealt with a vital issues for the country: adopted the budget for 2013-2015. I have to say that the government and all three parties of the Majilis have performed a huge work. The draft was discussed and reviewed in details at meetings of the work groups, commissions, extended meetings of the Budget and Finance Commission.

“Thanks to the deputies’ suggestion, the budget provides over 40 billion tenge ($267 million) for resolution of social issues. This is a result of the joint work of the Parliament and the Government,” Nigmatulin said.
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