Thursday, February 27 2020 14:43

ArmInfo. At a meeting on February 27, the Armenian government approved a report on the implementation of the government program in 2019. The document in the  prescribed manner until March 1 will be submitted to the country's  parliament.

As Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan noted in his speech, the  structure of the report remained unchanged. It summarizes the facts  presented by the Prime Minister of Armenia in his speech "100 facts  about New Armenia," as well as presents new figures that are  collected and summarized. The document was discussed at middle  interdepartmental levels.

In turn, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan noted that accountability is an essential component in the  activities of the government. The presence in the document of  individual segments indicates the quality of the work done by  ministries and departments. He called for a self-test in order to  find out how many facts concern this or that department. And against  this background, the head of government continued, to evaluate his  own activities. Further, the Prime Minister touched on the results of  the past year, highlighting the highest level of GDP growth in the  EAEU countries, the region and the entire European space, which  turned out to be at the level of 7.6%. The structure of GDP also  changed, in which the processing industry began to play a predominant  role, excluding the mining industry. The share of the processing  industry amounted to 12% of the country's GDP. The prime minister  also recalled a 14.4% increase in tourism and services, a return of  about $ 90 million to economic entities in the form of VAT, an  increase in budget revenues of 306 billion drams, some of which were  aimed at increasing salaries for military personnel and teachers.

The facts cited by Nikol Pashinyan were joined by the Minister of  High-Tech Industry Hakob Arshakyan, who noted that the field of  information technology in 2019 compared with 2018 recorded a 30%  growth.  It should be noted that according to the data of the  National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, the  indicator of economic activity in January - December 2019 compared to  the same period in 2018 increased by 7.8%. In particular, in January  - December 2019, industrial output grew by 9%, gross agricultural  output decreased by 4.2%, construction volume grew by 4.6%, and trade  turnover - by 8.9%.  The volume of services in January - December  2019 increased by 15%. The consumer price index last year increased  by 1.4%, and the industrial price index - by 0.5%. Electricity  production in January - December 2019 decreased by 1.9% compared to  the same period in 2018. The average monthly nominal salary in  Armenia in January - December 2019 increased by 5.8% compared to the  same period last year, amounting to 182 thousand 750 drams. At the  same time, the average monthly salary in the state link increased by  8.4%, and in the non-state one by 3.8%. The volume of foreign trade  turnover increased by 10.4%. At the same time, exports grew by 9.4%,  and imports by 10.8%.