The development of small enterprises was discussed in RT Cabinet

Today in RT Cabinet the Head of RT Government Rustam Minnikhanov held the meeting concerning the problems of small and medium enterprises development. The subject of discussion was the state support of small enterprises.

RT Vice Premier Ravil Muratov, RT Minister of economy Marat Safiullin, Minister of Informatization and Communications of RT, chairman of RT Committee of small & medium enterprises development Timur Shagivaleev, chairman of RT Chamber of Commerce and Industry Management Shamil Ageev, General Director of GUP “RT Government Work Agency” Yakov Geller, chairman of RT committee of social-economic monitoring Valeriy Kandilov and others attended the meeting.

Chairman of RT Committee of small & medium enterprises development Timur Shagivaleev reported about the problems that restrain the development of small enterprises.

Also the possibility of RT small & medium enterprises participation in government work system, statistic record keeping of small & medium enterprises in republic were discussed at the meeting.

Besides, the project of industrial park “Sinergiya” and the program of RT small & medium enterprises development “Quick legal assistance” were presented to RT Prime Minister.

As Timur Shagivaleev informed in the end of the meeting, today small & medium enterprises face such problems as administrative barriers, absence of access to finance resources.

According to his words the first problem is connected with federal legislation and it can be solved at federal level by initiative of RT Committee of small & medium enterprises development.

“The Committee will finance a number of programs, first of all, the development of small & medium enterprises in manufacture – production of polymers, construcion materials, e.t.c.”, - told Timur Shagivaleev. Tatarstan won the grant
(1 million RUR) for development of small & medium enterprises that will be spend for development of new production in small enterprises. Officials of small & medium enterprises can get this money after presenting business plan for creation of new production.

Besides, RT Committee of small & medium enterprises development finance “RT Leasing Company of small & medium enterprises” that will give means for technological equipment.

The Head of Committee of small & medium enterprises development emphasized that it’s important to subsidize 30 % cost of technological connection to networks with power 1000 kilowatt for small & medium enterprises.

2 new programs that have federal financing (5 million RUR) will be started in Tatarstan in the nearest future. It’s free legal consultation for people who start their own new business (selection of documentation for registration of new enterprise, consultation) and the program “Quick legal assistance” for small & medium enterprises.

Program “Quick legal assistance” is successful in Moscow and businessmen have positive opinion about it. Many businessmen complain about illegal inspections; this project will allow avoiding it.

Today Republic is aimed at creation and development of industrial parks on its territory. First of all they will appear in those Tatarstan regions which already have free labour resources and extra powers in energy resources. The first candidate is “Kamskie Polyany”. Later industrial parks will appear in Zelenodolsk, Chistopol, Leninogorsk. Project financing comes from federal and republic budgets and means of municipal powers.