Over 65,000 hectares of idle agricultural land detected in Tatarstan
4 February 2015, Wednesday
On February 4, Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in the collegium session of Tatarstan Ministry of Land and Property on results of its activity and tasks for 2015.
“Tatarstan consolidated budget revenues for 2014 from the use of state and municipal property , including income of holdings, amounted to more than 13.5 billion roubles. Tatarstan budget received more than 8 billion roubles. The Ministry of Land and Property of the Republic of Tatarstan generated 800 million roubles. Due to result of changes in federal legislation, approximately 450 million roubles from rental income and non-delineated land plot sales moved from the regional to the municipal level. A total of 5.5 billion roubles was recovered thanks to work related to filing suits while the budget lost 835,000 roubles because of debts on a rent for flats in multi-apartment houses. The plan on revenues to local budgets was fulfilled, local budgets received 5.5 billion roubles (7% higher than in 2013)”, Minister of Land and Property Azat Khamaev reported.
Azat Khamaev proceeded that annual inspections on use of state property and land plots, conducted by the ministry of land and property last year, detected over 65,000 hectares of idle agricultural land. The area was reduced to 33,000 hectare due to pre-court resolution procedures.
Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin tasked to continue work related to state registration of land plots and real estate and cultivation of idle land.
On 11 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that as of 11 May the housing construction plan has been fulfilled by 60 per cent in the republic with 1m 888thousand square meters of housing already commissioned.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin accompanied by the Head of his Office Shamil Gafarov paid homage to Soviet soldiers buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan and together with war veterans and other participants of the ceremony laid flowers and wreaths to the monument of the Soldier-the Last Man Standing.
On 7 May an official delegation from Tatarstan headed by the regional Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov came to the UAE to take part in an annual Investments Forum AIM Congress 2024 held in Abu-Dhabi.
The forum brought together leaders and experts of the branch from all over the world and is dedicated to transformational changes happening on the global investments landscape.
On May 6, speaking at a briefing held in the Government House of Tatarstan and dedicated to the issues of holding the sowing campaign in the republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic-Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Marat Zyabbarov said that in the current year the sowing area will be 2.7 million hectares, which is at the level of last year, including 1.8 million hectares allocated for spring sowing.