At the same sitting, the President urged public bodies and national companies to introduce stricter cost-cutting measures, renouncing lavish events, conferences and presentations.
One third of the population in Kazakhstan has never heard of the law on “Religious activities and religious groups,” recently signed by the head of the state.
Karim Massimov warned MPs that deterioration of the situation in the world economy is inevitable and Parliament will be required to act courageously and decisively.
We are planning to export about 1 million tons of grain a month starting from October; the task has already been set for Kazakhstan Temir Zholy: Minister.
Possibility and conditions for the Government to buy a stake in the project fully depend on commercial terms to be finalized during the negotiations: Oil and gas Ministry.
Kazakhstan had reinforced its deposit insurance scheme by increasing the individual retail deposit amount guaranteed by the state to KZT 5 million ($34.2 thousand) from KZT 700 thousand ($4.7 thousand) late 2008.