ArmInfo. Budget allocations for the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of Armenia in 2026 will amount to 31.2 billion drams. This was announced by Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, head of the ministry, at the hearings on the draft state budget of the Republic of Armenia in the National Assembly committees on October 28.
According to him, this amount only applies to those programs that are not closed. There are four such projects, within the framework of which 16 programs are to be implemented next year. Specifically, 21.1 billion drams are planned for the high-tech ecosystem and market development program. The main goal of this project is to improve the sector's infrastructure through specialist training. A pilot program to support IT enterprises (15 subprograms in total) is planned to begin next year, with 160 million drams allocated. In addition, the mass education promotion program will continue, with budget allocations of 100 million drams. Two hackathons are also planned, with teams competing on various ideas and products, for which 60 million drams will be allocated. Various courses, which have been conducted since 2009 in accordance with a memorandum signed by the governments of Armenia and India, are planned for 2026. As part of this project, 520 specialists will be trained in 2026, for which 213 million drams will be allocated.
According to the draft state budget, 37 billion 352 million drams are planned to be allocated to the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia next year. This is 10 billion 157 million drams less than the state budget targets established for 2025.
