Ildar Khalikov: “Experience of Elabuga in housing and communal sector should be used throughout republic”
4 March 2013, Monday
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov participated in 23d session of the municipal Council in Elabuga. Results of region’s social and economic development for 2012 and tasks for 2013 were considered at the session.
Thus, the industrial production index made 115,6 per cent in 2012. According to amount of investments the region holds third place in republic. The unemployment problems are being solved. Results of work in agricultural sector are becoming better. In particular, meat and milk production has increased. Housing construction plan has been fulfilled for 101,3 per cent. 85 families of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, orphans and Chernobyl veterans have improved their living conditions. The program on providing large families with land plots is under implementation.
Head of Elabuga region Gennady Emelyanov considers housing and communal sector most urgent problem in the region.
Results of Special Economic Zone “Alabuga” guarantee successful development of the region. There are 6 resident enterprises functioning on its territory today.
Gennady Emelyanov criticized poor participation of agricultural producers in contests for receiving benefits under republican programs.
Ildar Khalikov noted achievements of Elabuga dwellers in health care, education, agriculture, and focused on problems to be solved in cooperation with republican Government.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.
On 26 March Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a meeting of the Council by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga Federal District dedicated to rural demographic policy held by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the District Igor Komarov in Nizhniy Novgorod with participation of heads of federal ministries concerned, representatives of the Federal Assembly and heads of federal entities of the Volga Federal District. The participants of the meeting discussed such topics as the demographic situation, implementation of federal programmes and the best regional practices, and the results of the meeting will be used for preparing comprehensive solutions of such tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin as preservation of the population, strengthening health, raising prosperity of people and supporting families.
On 24 March, speaking at a briefing on achievements of preventive medicine last year and plans for 2026 held in the Government House of the republic, representatives of Tatarstan Healthcare Ministry said that medical check-ups are proving their effectiveness in preserving the health and lives of residents of the republic.
Thus the regional Healthcare Minister Almir Abashev informed: “Over the past five years, a clear course has been set to ensure that preventative medicine in the country gains momentum. Starting from 2022 the number of people who should have their medical check-ups in this or that year is growing. We are facing a task of covering more than 70 per cent of elderly people with check-ups by 2030.”
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.