At a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on November 5, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic, Banking and International Financial Organizations Serdar Berdimuhamedov presented a positive report on the results of his work for 10 months, the state information agency TDH reported .
According to the Deputy Prime Minister's report, GDP growth during this period amounted to 6.2%, the volume of production and trade, including external, increased.
Also, the son of the head of state reported on the construction of facilities scheduled for opening on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the independence of Turkmenistan.
President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, in turn, instructed the Deputy Prime Minister to monitor the state of the national economy, make a forecast on the expected indicators of the country's economic development and hold a meeting with workers in the construction and oil and gas complexes.
In addition, Berdymukhamedov Sr. instructed to take measures to increase budget revenues , search for additional sources of financing for the adopted programs , attract investments and control the volume of government spending and their effectiveness.
At a meeting on October 30, the parliament of Turkmenistan adopted the budget for 2022 and approved the execution of the budget for 2020
Serdar Berdimuhamedov was instructed to prepare, together with all deputy prime ministers, the country's economic development program for 2022, which should be based on reliable investments .
“Each ministry and sectoral department should have a specific work plan for 2022,” the head of state emphasized.
As a result, the President reprimanded the Minister of Finance and Economy Mukhammetgeldy Serdarov for improper performance of official duties and shortcomings in his work . There were no complaints about Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
In September, the head of state met with Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Mukhammetgeldy Serdarov, instructing them to prepare a draft state budget for 2022, which should take into account the increase in import substitution, the creation of enterprises for the production of electronic goods, the privatization of state property and digitalization.
Serdarov received his previous "severe reprimand with the last warning" in February at a meeting on the results of the government's work in 2020. The President was outraged by the growth of credit debts, problems with currency and the inaction of the Ministry of Economy. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave the minister until the end of half a year to correct all the comments, otherwise he promised to fire him.
Source: Voice of America