Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a consultation on the 2020 capital expenditure programs underway in the healthcare sector. Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan reported progress in construction of medical centers in Martuni and Yeghegnadzor. He noted that efforts are underway to organize tenders for programs worth 5.1 billion drams. Renovation and reconstruction activities are being implemented in 12 medical centers nationwide to an estimated total cost of 18.5 billion drams....
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, another consultation was held in the Office of Government to discuss the anti-crisis policy aimed at curbing the adverse economic impact of COVID-19. To begin with, progress in the ongoing anti-crisis programs was reported, after which the meeting focused on the possibility of expanding the range of social measures and the scope of beneficiaries. Various assistance criteria were proposed to this end. Recommendations were voiced for creating new...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a consultative meeting, which discussed capital expenditures to be carried out in the fields of education, science, culture and sports in 2020. Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Arayik Harutyunyan noted that the Ministry had been allocated 4.4 billion drams from the state budget for capital expenditures in 2020. The funds will be used to upgrade educational facilities, restore cultural monuments, develop public libraries’...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a regular consultation on the government’s anti-crisis policy, which discussed high-tech industry promotion mechanisms and strategic steps to develop the IT sector. Minister of High-Tech Industry Hakob Arshakyan repored back the findings of a recent survey, which sought to assess the impact of COVID-19 on IT activities and possibilities for solving the problems faced in this sphere. Assistance mechanisms, tools to be applied as part of the...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Government continues discussing anti-crisis activities aimed at curbing the coronavirus-driven pandemic’s economic impact. Central Bank Chairman Arthur Javadyan reported progress in the first and second anti-crisis programs. 296 out of 1,176 applications received within the framework of the first activity have already been complied with to a total cost of 24.9 billion drams. The funds were funneled to settling salaries, utilities,...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government approved the fifteenth activity to mitigate the pandemic’s adverse economic impact, under which river banks will be built in Armenia’s highlands with the involvement of the local population. The project provides that forest layers shall be created in river valleys through local willow cuttings. The local population will be widely involved in this campaign. Additional jobs will be...
