Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- At the fourteenth plenary meeting of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, a report was heard from the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the implementation in the first quarter of 2021 of the State Program for the implementation of the Action Strategy for five priority areas of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021 in the “Year supporting youth and strengthening the health of the population ”.

It was noted that the State Program for the current year consists of 273 items, within the framework of which it is envisaged to implement projects totaling 29.5 trillion soums, 2.6 billion US dollars and 57.5 million euros. 32 out of 41 tasks to be performed in the first quarter were completed in full.

As a result of the measures taken by the Government, the fulfillment of tasks on 15 points of the Program, the deadline for which has not come, has been ensured.

The growth of gross domestic product in the reporting period compared to the same period of last year amounted to 3.0%. The volume of trade turnover reached 46.7 trillion soums and increased by 2.8% compared to the previous year. State budget expenditures on the social sphere amounted to 18.2 trillion soums, an increase of 38.6% compared to the corresponding period last year.

In free economic zones, 453 projects were implemented for a total amount of US$2.6 billion, of which 818 million were direct investments, as a result, 35,897 new jobs were created.

In each district (city), systematic implementation of "youth programs" has been established, more than 271 thousand 495 people are employed. 62,441 people were trained in professions and entrepreneurship, and 27,236 people were assigned to entrepreneurs and craftsmen on the basis of the "1 + 1" project.

The funds of the newly created "Youth Funds" in the amount of 17 billion 504 million soums were spent, assistance was provided in solving the problems of more than 24 904 people included in the "youth notebook".

In order to improve the health of the population, 660 thousand doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 1 million doses of the ZF-UZ-VAC 2001 vaccine were imported. To carry out vaccination work, 3,138 points and 862 mobile teams were created in the republic.

At the meeting, the senators noted that along with the work done to ensure the implementation of the Program, there are some shortcomings.

In particular, some tasks were not completed on time, which is envisaged by the Program in the first quarter. So, in paragraph 145 of the State Program, the task is determined to establish, by 1 March, the announcement of the minimum consumer spending of the population, the normative legal act on the implementation of this paragraph has not been adopted.

Clause 120 of the Program provides for the adoption by 20 March of a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on the introduction of modern and transparent mechanisms for further improving the reform of land relations in agriculture, transforming land into marketable assets and providing land plots for use on a lease basis. However, this instruction has not been fulfilled.

In addition, it was noted that the untimely development of individual documents by the executors of the projects negatively affects the implementation of reforms in the regions in this direction.

During an active discussion of the implementation of the State Program, which took place in the form of a dialogue, the senators paid special attention to issues that cause numerous complaints from the population. In particular, answers were heard from senior officials on such issues as ensuring inflation in 2021 of no higher than 10% within the framework of inflation targeting and maintaining price stability in accordance with paragraph 38 of the Program, the status of the implementation of the task of paragraph 43 of the Program to ensure openness of information on public debt , further improvement of the reform of land relations in agriculture, the introduction of modern and transparent mechanisms for the provision of land plots for use on a lease basis under paragraph 120 of the Program, measures taken to radically develop the service system, effectively protect the rights and interests of labor migrants of Uzbekistan in foreign countries in accordance with paragraph 261 of the Program.

Following the discussion, a corresponding resolution of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis was adopted.