Dmitry Toropov, Director of the Department of Rural Development and Social Policy at the Ministry of Agriculture, told the meeting that 78 agreements have been signed with Russia’s regions under the programme in 2013. A total of 9.0123 billion roubles has been allocated from the federal budget for the programme. As of July 1, over 3.7 billion roubles were transferred to the Russian regions, or 41.2% of the annual budget.
Data submitted by the regions show that, in the first five months of the year, 226,000 square metres of residential real estate were commissioned (acquired) for citizens residing in rural areas (including 108,300 square metres for young families and young professionals), as well as 172.25 kilometres of gas distribution grids and 84.1 kilometres of local water supply grids.
Dmitry Toropov said that the Republic of Kalmykia, the Republic of Mordovia, the Trans-Baikal Territory, the Kamchatka Territory, the Amur Region, the Sverdlovsk Region, the Yaroslavl Region and the Ulyanovsk Region have been actively involved in the programme. Certain regions failed to pass on subsidies allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture to the intended recipients and contractors, or to co-finance the programme, including the Republic of Buryatia, the Republic of Tyva, the Penza Region, the Irkutsk Region and the Khabarovsk Territory. The Nenets Autonomous Area and the Primorye Territory have not applied for budget funding.
The meeting also featured a video conference, during which regional agriculture officials explained the situation in their regions and reassured senior officials of the Ministry of Agriculture that all the necessary measures will be taken to address these shortcomings.
At the end of the meeting, Nikolai Fyodorov stressed the importance of transferring funds to programme participants in a timely manner, as well as achieving target indicators for the current year.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture
