Maslikhat (local representative authority) of Astana increased the city budget by 116.6 billion tenge ($793.2 million), Tengrinews.kz reports citing the capital's official website. According to the website, Astana budget increase for 2011-2013 is related to updating of the state budget and additional transfers of 70 billion tenge ($476.2 billion) from it, as well as redistribution of transfers of over 23 billion tenge ($156.5 million). Another 168 million tenge ($1.1 million) were received by the city budget because of increased budget incomes. Considering the changes, the total updated budget of Astana for 2011 is over 338 billion tenge ($2.3 billion). In June Nursultan Nazarbayev said that Astana budget in the last 10 years had grown 10 times and is comparable to the state budget of Kyrgyzstan.
Maslikhat (local representative authority) of Astana increased the city budget by 116.6 billion tenge ($793.2 million), Tengrinews.kz reports citing the capital's official website.
According to the website, Astana budget increase for 2011-2013 is related to updating of the state budget and additional transfers of 70 billion tenge ($476.2 billion) from it, as well as redistribution of transfers of over 23 billion tenge ($156.5 million). Another 168 million tenge ($1.1 million) were received by the city budget because of increased budget incomes. Considering the changes, the total updated budget of Astana for 2011 is over 338 billion tenge ($2.3 billion).
In June Nursultan Nazarbayev said that Astana budget in the last 10 years had grown 10 times and is comparable to the state budget of Kyrgyzstan.