ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES 2007 COMPLEX PROGRAM ON DEVELOPMENT OF
REAL ESTATE CADASTRE
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. At the February 22 sitting, the
Armenian government approved the 2007 complex program on development
of the real estate cadastre financed from the RA state budget. The
program envisages measures on introduction of the single real estate
cadastre and its efficient management, inreasing the management
efficiency of the geodesy and cartography sector, shift to a single
tax on real estate, formation of an efficient system of land resource
management, assistance for development of the real estate market,
etc. Chairman of the State Committee of the Real Estate Cadastre
adjunct to the RA government Manuk Vardanian told reporters after the
sitting that 14 programs of a total of 729 mln drams (about 20 mln
USD) will be implemented in the sector this year. According to him,
the creation of the national atlas with historic and
physicogeographical descriptions will be completed in 2007.
Cartographic work will also be done in Nagorno Karabakh. M. Vardanian
said that creation of electronic real estate archives will continue
this year. These archives will be kept in three different places to
rule out their loss. State registration of real estate has
completed. 2.2 mln certificates of property were granted, 1.7 mln of
which were granted free of charge. The transfer of lands representing
state property to communities has also finished: the only area where
lands remain state property is Yerevan. According to M. Vardanian,
about 40 thousand ha of unauthorized land and 40 thousand unauthorized
buildings were legalized. He said that starting from 2010, land and
property taxes will be collected as a single tax.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
