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By Aynur Jafarova

Azerbaijan's budget revenues in January-September 2013 increased by 14.4 percent compared to the same period of 2012.

Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev cited the figure at the October 7 meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Ilham Aliyev, which focused on the results of socio-economic development of the country over nine months of 2013 and outstanding tasks.

"The tax revenue from the non-oil sector increased by 11.3 percent compared to the same period of 2012," Mustafayev said. "Within the state program on socio-economic development of the regions great work was done on the development of infrastructure, including in the area of construction and reconstruction of roads, improvement in the supply of the population with water, gas, electricity, heat and sanitation in the last nine months."

According to Mustafayev, during the reporting period 11 of the 19 projects launched in 2012 and related to the repair and reconstruction of rural roads were implemented.

162 residential areas were supplied with natural gas, four power stations were put into operation, 16 cities and district centers were supplied with drinking water over the nine months of 2013, Mustafayev said.

According to the expectations of the ministry, the income of the population by the end of this year will amount to 38.4 billion manats with a real growth of seven percent.