The UPA discovered deficiencies in the funding of scientific projects.
The Supreme Audit Office identified financial irregularities amounting to 51 billion tenge and inefficient use of funds amounting to 47 billion tenge in the field of science. UPA Chairman Elikhan Smailov announced this at the plenary meeting of the Kuroltai.
Materials on 36 cases were sent for administrative responsibility, and on three additional facts - to the law enforcement authorities.
"The Supreme Audit Office will continue to systematically monitor the progress in this direction," said Elikhan Smailov.
For 545 projects, proposals of economic expertise to reduce funding in the amount of approximately 12 billion tenge were also not taken into account.