Number of quotas for settlers from south to north to be increased - T. Duisenova

20 December, 2017 17:28

In Kazakhstan, the number of regional quotas of resettlement will be increased 5 times - up to 1700 families or about 7 thousand people in 2018. It was stated by Minister of Labor and Social Peotection of People of Kazakhstan Tamara Duisenova at a session of the Government.

"As of today, 381 families or 1479 people have voluntarily moved from the southern regions as part of the program for the development of productive employment and mass entrepreneurship to the northern regions. The next year it is planned to increase the regional quota of resettlement 5 times - to 1,700 families or about 7,000 people", T. Duisenova said.

The Minister also noted that it is necessary to make changes in the program for the development of productive employment and mass entrepreneurship to stimulate the voluntary resettlement of citizens.

"Employers who are ready to take on the permanent work of settlers and assume all the issues of their arrangement will receive subsidies of 450 MCI (in 2018 - 1.082 million tenge). For the same purpose, it is proposed to present grants of up to 100 MCI (240 500 tenge) for the implementation of new business ideas. In this case, the settlers receive grants in the regions of arrival", T.Duisenova said.

Kairat Zhandybayev

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