The white house will have three months to adjust national projects Vladimir Putin instructed to extend the deadline for their implementation by 2030. This will be done taking into account the measures from the new plan of restoration and development of economy and the changed objectives of national projects. Global landmarks, however, remains: social security, improve the business environment and digitalization.Today Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Council for strategic development and projects charged the government with the participation of the state Council to adjust projects based on new national targets — the President will issue a separate decree. The period of execution of national projects will be removed from 2024 to 2030, and their activities will be supplemented by measures from the national plan of economic recovery after the pandemic.While the plan is being finalized by the government, however, already provides for the adjustment of projects in conformity with the new conditions (see “Kommersant” on 3 June).Updated objectives will be executed in five blocks: On the specific changes in the projects is not yet known, the meeting discussed the transfer of the performance goals for several projects. In particular, the goal of providing broadband Internet access 97% of households are encouraged to move from 2024 to 2030. According to Vice-Premier Marat Khusnullin, by 2024 will fail to achieve the goal of a 120 million square metres of housing per year — implementation of measure may only 2026-2027 years subject to the extension of the program of preferential mortgage (valid until November 1, 2020). In addition, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko proposed to create a separate national project for the development of tourism — an idea previously advanced by the business community and has received support after the decline in the industry due to coronaridine restrictions.In General, the basic task of national projects in the Russian economy’s growth rate remains above the world average. To ensure the growth have increase in investments, development of small and medium businesses and increase productivity.Diana Alievshchina chamber after criticism of the agencies for the fulfillment of the budgets of the projects expanded the control over the expenditure of funds with regard to public procurement. Monitoring based on Federal Treasury data will become public and will allow you to track the progress of the procurement campaign in the year. While monitoring shows that the “coronarita” only exacerbated the problem of “fiscal overhang” — the concentration of a significant part of expenditures at the end of the year. Government action has not had a stimulating effect on the transfer procurement in the first half, the expenditure on minor projects, and peak procurement should be again expected in November-December.Read more
