From budgetary risks to new opportunities: what support from the federal center do the regions count on?
How to overcome difficulties.
A day earlier, Chelyabinsk Region Governor Alexey Texler gave an interview to TASs. He spoke about the economic problems facing the regions and expressed his opinion on the type of support the federal center should provide. The infrastructure projects being carried out today in the southern Urals were not left out.
Now regions in Russia are working on budgets for the next three years. It's no secret that many people face financial difficulties. These problems do not go unnoticed by the State Council's Committee on Economy and Finance, headed by Taxler.
The governor proposed to increase the amount of financial support to the Russian regions with difficulties in fulfilling the budget obligations to at least 300 billion rubles.
"There are parallel calculations by the State Council committee, we showed them to our colleagues. We studied the cash plans for the rest of the year and next year in all our regions. We understand cash gaps and other issues. We are conducting, in my opinion, a fairly correct discussion with the Ministry of Finance," he noted.
According to Alexey Texler, additional funds are needed not only by traditionally subsidized bodies. Areas with developed industries also faced budgetary difficulties: the downturn in the industry led to a decrease in their incomes. Therefore, metals, one of the most important areas for the region's budget, is going through difficult times today. Metal is often used for new investment projects and construction, but they have slowed down, which has affected the state of the industry. Production volumes and margins decreased, which affected the revenues for the regional budget.
Nevertheless, according to the governor, metallurgists of the South Urals survive this period with honor and continue to implement social and environmental projects. Since May, the industrial production index began to grow, and the situation began to improve.