Ministry of Agriculture plans to cancel 10 subtypes of inefficient subsidies in Kazakhstan

According to Abulkhair Tamabek, these subsidies have high corruption risks The Ministry of Agriculture intends to abolish about 10 inefficient highly corrupt subsidies in Kazakhstan, Vice Minister of Agriculture Abulkhair Tamabek said today, speaking at a meeting of the collegium of the agricultural department. “About 10 sub-types of subsidies with low efficiency and high corruption risks are canceled: rent of bulls and sires, subsidizing the construction of ponds for collecting melt water, the cost of turkey meat, waterfowl, wagons, fisheries, services of audit commissions of agricultural cooperatives for auditing, agricultural cooperatives for artificial insemination of breeding stock of cattle and small cattle that do not have their own livestock,” the vice minister informed. According to him, the system of subsidies is being reformed. The new option will minimize corruption risks and take into account the opinion of farmers. Subsidy standards ...