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 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
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.