ArmInfo.The opinion that Armenia has no water deficit is a myth, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said in an interview with the Public TV of Armenia. 

ArmInfo.The standing committee on financial, credit and budgetary affairs, RA National Assembly, has approved draft amendments to the RA Law "On cashless settlements" and to related laws. The draft was prepared by the Central Bank of  Armenia and stipulates restrictions on cash turnover from Jan. 1,  2022. 

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ArmInfo.The client base of Armenian banks totaled 3,249,764 individuals and 111,122 legal entities by September 2021.

ArmInfo. In January-September 2021, 45,730 cases of population migration were  registered in Armenia, which is 15.8% higher than a year ago.

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ArmInfo. The trade sector of Armenia in January-September 2021 increased revenue by 6.4% per annum (against 11.4% decline a year earlier), providing a volume of 2.4  trillion drams ($ 4.6 billion). According to the Statistical  Committee of the Republic of Armenia, such dynamics is due to the  change from the recession to the growth of car trade, retail and  wholesale trade.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, in January-September 2021, 26,809 children were born, which is 0.9% higher than a year ago, and in a two-year context, the growth was  1.4%.  According to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of  Armenia, the birth rate per 1000 inhabitants at the end of the  reporting period amounted to 12.1 ppm, against 12 ppm in 2020 and  2019.

ArmInfo. By October 1, 2021, the population of Armenia decreased by 0.04% or 1.1 thousand people, amounting to 2.967 million people. This is evidenced by the data of  the RA Statistical Committee.

ArmInfo. The volume of cargo transportation in Armenia in January-September 2021 accelerated the y-o-yl growth from 4.9% to 10.4%, amounting to 12,009.3 thousand  tons. Of these, 8,291.9 thousand tons (69% of the total) fell on road  transport, with an acceleration in annual growth from 5.2% to 17.5%  (against an increase of 5.2%). This is evidenced by the data of the  RA Statistical Committee.

ArmInfo. In January-September 2021, the revenue of the communications sector of  Armenia amounted to 108.7 billion drams, having increased by 4.9% per  annum (against 3.9% decline a year earlier).

ArmInfo. The revenue of the textile industry in Armenia increased in January-September 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 2.3-fold (against a 39.5% decline  a year earlier), amounting to 1.3 billion drams. As evidenced by the  data of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, such  dynamics is due to a tangible increase in the production of fabrics  and bed linen.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, following the results of 9 months of 2021, double-digit growth was registered in all alcoholic beverages produced in the country.  In  particular, according to the data of the Statistical Committee of the  Republic of Armenia, during the reporting period, 30.3 million liters  brandy were produced in Armenia, which is 20.9% higher than a year  ago (against a 12% decline a year earlier).

ArmInfo. The 2021 budget of Armenia's Ministry of Health has by now been exceeded by AMD 27bln, RA Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan stated at a discussion of  the 2022 draft budget by the standing parliamentary committee on  Monday. 

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ArmInfo.The net inflow of individual transfers to Armenia in January- September 2021 amounted to $ 670.2 million, with an acceleration in y-o-y growth from 28.5% to 56%  (against a pre-COVID 25.6% decline in the same period of 2019),  supported by an almost similar significant increase in net inflow of  remittances from Russia and the United States. This is evidenced by  the data of the RA Central Bank.

ArmInfo. For 9 months of 2021, the industrial sector of Armenia slowed down the y-o-y growth rate from 1% to 0.7%, amounting to 1.6 trillion drams ($ 3.1  billion).

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the specific debt burden per capita continues to grow, reaching $ 3.1 thousand on October 1, 2021, against $ 2.7 thousand a year earlier. Moreover, per  capita debt burden from external debt increased from $ 2 thousand to  $ 2.3 thousand. This is due to the continuing annual growth of both  the public debt in general and external debt, in particular, with the  annual decrease in the population of Armenia by 1.1 thousand people.  - down to 2.967 million people by October 1, 2021.