President: almost each second family has automobile
17/01/2015 09:51
President: almost each second family has automobile
17/01/2015 09:51
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Currently almost each second family in Uzbekistan has personal car, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on 16 January. He said that major part of cars is produced in Uzbekistan.
Uzbek President said that life level and quality of population is improving. He said that salaries of workers of budget organizations, pensions and stipends rose by 23.2% in 2014. Real income per capital grew by 10.2%.
He added that income from entrepreneurship activities rose from 10.6% to 52% in independence years. This is one of the highest figures among the CIS states.
“It should be noted that in Uzbekistan, unlike in other countries of the former Soviet Union, there is no sharp stratification of the population by income level. Level of differentiation in the incomes of the population, compared between the most and least affluent, decreased from 53.3 times in 2000 to 7.8 times now at a threshold value of 10. This is the criterion for social stability in society,”-he added.
Islam Karimov said that Gini index widely used in the world to assess level of social stratification and security in the society. Gini index for Uzbekistan during independence years decreased from 0.40 to 0.296, which shows improving social well-being of population.
He said that currently 94% of families have refrigerators, 84% - various kitchen equipments, 63% - washing machines, over half – computers, vacuum cleaners and microwave oven, third of families use air conditioners.
President Islam Karimov said that vivid evidence to the growth of welfare of the families is that during the independence years TV provision of families rose by 1.6 times, at the same time colored and plasma TV sets, and automobiles – 3.5 times. He said that currently almost each second family has personal car and major part of them is produced in Uzbekistan.
Uzbek leader said that about 20 years ago population of Uzbekistan had no idea about mobile phones, notebooks, DVD-discs, satellite and cable TV, etc. He said that all these equipment are produced in Uzbekistan.
President said that annually Uzbekistan constructs habitations in the regions. During independence years, total number of habitation fund rose 1.9 times. Habitation provision per person rose from 12.4 to 15.4 square meters. Almost all habitation fund belongs to population.
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