ArmInfo. Led by Deputy Prime Minister Hambardzum Matevosyan, discussions of program applications for subsidies received from Armenian communities continue.
42 applications submitted from seven provinces were discussed and evaluated during the regular sitting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Evaluation of Subvention Bids for the development of economic and social infrastructure of the communities of Armenia, apart from the subvention programs envisaged by the state budget.
These, for example, referred to the reconstruction and construction of irrigation network in Zangakatun, Ararat, Paruyr Sevak, Armash and Avshar settlements, the construction of 4500 meter water line in Lernagog settlement, 2,545 m long asphalting works in Nor Hachn, the renovation of kindergarten buildings in Armanis and Katnaghbyur settlements, improvement of the central square and nearby streets of Artik town, construction of 1400 m irrigation system in Chinar settlement, etc.
On June 17, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan announced at a government meeting that in 2022 the Armenian government has already allocated 5.9 billion drams (more than $10.3 million at the current exchange rate) for the implementation of 249 subvention programs.
These programs are mainly aimed at capital investments in the improvement of streets, gardens, playgrounds in communities; construction and repair of community houses of culture, kindergartens; construction and repair of drinking, sewer, irrigation conduits; implementation of night lighting, gasification of settlements, repair of common shared property of apartment buildings with the use of energy-saving measures, etc. According to Gnel Sanosyan, 673 subvention programs were submitted to the interdepartmental commission in 2021. 605 of them have been completed, the rest are in progress. In 2022, 461 applications were received, of which 319 (in the amount of more than 30 billion drams) were discussed and only two applications were not approved
