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Tokayev orders government to cut non-priority spending
Tengrinews.kz - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has instructed the government to reduce non-priority expenditures, speaking at the fourth session
14 March 2025
Minister on time zone research: “It is pointless to wait three years”
Tengrinews.kz - Budget funds were not spent on research into the effects of time zone changes in Kazakhstan. This was announced today by the
11 March 2025
Kazakhstan calls for requirements for Temu, Amazon, and AliExpress
Tengrinews.kz - Deputy Azat Peruashev has put forward an initiative to introduce new requirements for foreign marketplaces such as Temu, Amazon,
26 February 2025
Senator calls for stricter budget rules and cites U.S. example
Tengrinews.kz – The Senate of Kazakhstan is reviewing the new Budget Code in its first reading, with Speaker Maulen Ashimbayev addressing key
06 February 2025
Akims in Kazakhstan to be given more powers
Tengrinews.kz – On February 6, the Senate discussed the changes provided for by the new Budget Code. Senator Serik Uteshov raised issues related
06 February 2025
Astana's three-year budget has been determined
Tengrinews.kz – A meeting of the city's Public Council was held in the capital of Kazakhstan.
06 December 2024
How Almaty will regain its garden city status
Tengrinews.kz - As part of the implementation of the Head of State's instruction to revive Almaty as a garden city, the active realization of
06 December 2024
India pledges billions for farmers in 'populist' budget
India’s government pledged billions of dollars to help struggling farmers and boost the rural economy as it unveiled its annual budget.
29 February 2016
Kazakhstan revises 2015 inflation rate forecast
Minister of National Economy Yerbolat Dossayev announced the increase of inflation corridor from 6-8 percent to 8-10 percent for 2015.
23 November 2015
Spain backs France's decision to miss EU deficit target
Spain backed France's decision to let EU deficit obligations slide in order to step up spending on security in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
18 November 2015
Obama vetoes $612 bn defense bill citing Gitmo, 'gimmicks'
US President Barack Obama vetoed a $612 billion defense spending bill, saying it prevented the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison and wasted money on unwanted programs.
23 October 2015
Teachers to get 50% salary raise in 2016: Kazakhstan Minister of Education and Science
Teachers’ salaries will be increased by 20-50% depending on the qualifications.
08 September 2015
Nazarbayev instructs government to cut back expenses
Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed the government and Akims (Mayors) to cut back expenses where possible.
11 August 2015
Nazarbayev criticises EXPO-2017 preparations
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has criticized the preparations for the upcoming EXPO-2017 in Astana and urged to draw on the experience of Lisbon and Shanghai.
15 July 2015
Kazakh ministries see their budgets cut
As part of state-wide austerity measures, Kazakhstan cuts expenditures of its ministries.
01 April 2015
Kazakhstan budget may lose $5 bln in revenues
The budget revenues of Kazakhstan may be $5 bln short of target if the oil prices stay at $50 per barrel in 2015.
06 March 2015
Cost of presidential election in Kazakhstan - 5 billion tenge
Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Yerbolat Dossayev said that the government envisioned spending 5 bln tenge on the presidential election next year.
23 February 2015
Kazakhstan cuts state expenditures by 10 percent
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered to reduce government spending by 700 billion tenge ($3.78 billion).
13 February 2015
Kazakh budget revised amidst dropping oil prices
Kazakhstan is revising its budget because of the falling global oil prices.
19 January 2015
Astana and Almaty avail of government investments
Astana, Almaty and Almaty Oblast receive the largest portion of the public investments in Kazakhstan.
25 December 2014