Law violations revealed in implementation of Kazakhstan’s regional development plan
Huge law violation was detected in the realization of the regional development plan in Kazakhstan.
Violations of the law in the amount of 13.8 billion tenge ($75.8
million) were detected in the implementation the Strategic Plan of
Kazakhstan's Regional Development and the use of the national
budget funds allocated to the programs on Regional and Monocities
Development, Kazakh Accounts Committee for control over Execution
of the Republican Budget reported.
It was announced at the regular meeting of the Accounts Committee
held on August 14.
"Within the control examination violations of budget and other
legislation in the amount of 13.8 billion tenge (182 tenge = $1)
were detected," the Committee said.
Ministry of National Economy which will take the powers of former
Regional Development Ministry dissolved within the recent
reorganization of the government was ordered to take measures in
order to eliminate the violations, and the causes and conditions
favoring such violations. Moreover the National Economy Ministry
will have to consider the responsibility of the officials who have
committed the violations of the current legislation.
Heads of Almaty, Zhambyl, Karaganda and Mangistau regions were
ordered to take measures to compensate 215.6 million tenge to the
national budget.
Within the meeting it was noted that the implementation of
Strategic Plan and Program on the regional development was not
quite efficient and a number of target indicators have not been
met.
In particular, only 16 percent of the funds allocated to the
Program on Monocities development were used for diversification of
their economy, and the reconstruction of roads and main heating
pipe worth 114.2 million tenge were not implemented in
West-Kazakhstan region.
Moreover, a total number of nine projects envisaged by the Program
on Regional Development were not implemented in different regions
due to lack of co-financing from local budgets.