ArmInfo. Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan said that based on the comments and suggestions received from the private sector, the government intends to amend the previously developed packages of anti-crisis measures. He stated this during a press conference at the RA Unified Information Center.
In particular, according to the minister, there is a possibility that state enterprises will be able to receive those enterprises that as of December 31, 2019. had overdue tax liabilities, but in small amounts. "Within two days the decision will be made and presented to the public," Khachatryan said.
Moreover, the assistance package for agriculture will be expanded. According to the minister, the funds provided by the state are planned to be sent to procurers, in particular, to purchase the necessary containers and equipment. In this regard, he emphasized that the Ministry is in constant communication with 20 enterprises, which account for about 80% of procurement in the RA. "We will do our best to ensure that procurers do not have problems," the head of the economic department emphasized.
At the same time, he said that 284 organizations took advantage of assistance in 1 package of anti-crisis measures, the amount of loans of which amounted to 24.6 billion drams. Over 80% of the beneficiaries are in Yerevan, followed by Kotayk and Aragatsotn. Purpose - payment of salaries and tax liabilities. In 2 packages, the number of beneficiaries exceeded 6 thousand, of which 5.5 thousand were microloans. Within the framework of 3 packages - 540 organizations received about 6.3 billion drams, of which over 70% are capital enterprises. The main expense item is also the payment of salaries and tax liabilities. The beneficiaries have already sent 1.9 packages of anti-crisis measures to the government. billion drams. According to Khachatryan, about 40% of the submitted applications for state support in the framework of anti-crisis measures were rejected, by and large due to non-compliance with the areas identified by the government as the most affected by the pandemic.
