RA government discusses implementation process to neutralize  coronavirus effects

ArmInfo.Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the government  discussed current results of anti-crisis measures to neutralize the effects of coronavirus.

As the press service of the government, referring to the agenda of  the daily discussions, the Prime Minister noted that  the goal of  today's meeting is a debriefing of the implementation process of the  government's 9 approved activities and interim monitoring results. "

Chairman of the Central Bank Arthur Javadyan touched upon the  implementation of the 1st and 2nd events.  As part of the first  event, 229 loan applications were submitted, there are already 7  approved loans totaling 1 billion 63 million drams, 2 organizations  have already received a loan, the rest will receive on April 6. As  part of the second event, 1,117 applications were submitted, 180 have  already been satisfied, 150 of which are agricultural microloans, 30  are others, the total amount is about 100 million drams. The  remaining applications filed as part of the two events are being  studied, current minor technical issues are quickly resolved, there  are also applications that do not meet the objectives of the  programs, which will also be provided with information. Arthur  Javadyan noted that the dynamics of the programs are good, given the  short period of their launch and the procedure for providing loans.

"Based on current data, we note that these two programs have begun to  really work, and at the same time monitoring continues to understand  the future course," said the Prime Minister.

Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan reported on the process of  implementing the 3rd event. About 3000 calls were received to short  number 1-09, the number of applications submitted was 210, of which  192 were processed, 25.5 million drams have already been provided.  Some of the applications were rejected, the main reason for the  rejection of applications was non-compliance with the industry,  overdue tax liabilities and non-compliance with the volume of  turnover.

David Ananyan, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee, touched upon  the implementation of the 5th event. He noted that according to the  results of monitoring the information provided for the first 4 days  of April, the event beneficiaries were 3264 business entities. An  online notification was sent to them, 496 of them sent applications,  the total payment amount is 67 million 400 thousand drams.

Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan announced the  4th, 6th, 7th and 9th events. She noted that the identification of  the beneficiaries of these programs and the implementation of  implementation procedures are being carried out, after which the  money will be allocated.

Stressing the need for quick support of certain social groups, Nikol  Pashinyan instructed to accelerate the implementation of social  events and provide financial assistance to all beneficiaries by the  end of next week.

Assistant to the Prime Minister Nairi Sargsyan presented the process  of implementation of the 8th event.  He noted that the procedure for  implementing the program has already been developed and will be put  into interdepartmental circulation tomorrow, a circle of potential  beneficiaries will be determined. A website project is also ready for  online appeals for all social events. After the approval of the  implementation procedure, which is scheduled for next week, it will  be possible to fill out an online application and receive relevant  financial assistance on its basis.

The meeting also discussed a number of proposals regarding the  possible expansion and improvement of the above activities. The Prime  Minister proposed to continue monitoring all 9 events, complete the  provision of the planned financial support, and at the same time  discuss new ideas. The head of government instructed the responsible  persons to submit daily data on the implementation of measures, on  the basis of which the dynamics and effectiveness of measures will be  evaluated.