2010 DRAFT STATE BUDGET ENVISAGES ALLOCATIONS OF ABOUT ONE BILLION DRAMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Noyan Tapan
Nov 3, 2009

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. By the 2010 draft state budget,
it is envisaged allocating about one billion drams (excluding the
financing received under credit and grant programs and the expenses on
maintenance of the sphere’s state staff) for environmental protection
– as compared with the actual expenditures of 1.16 billion drams in
2009, First Deputy Minister of Finance Pavel Safarian announced at the
November 3 joint sitting of the National Assembly Standing Committees.

Among large expenditure programs are the monitoring of the pollution
of water bodies and ambient air of the republic – 112 million drams,
the projects on replenishment of fish stocks – 60 million drams,
and on cleaning the water-covered woodlots near Lake Sevan – 257.5
million drams, and the program on the activities of the specially
protected areas – 440.4 million drams.

530 million drams has been allocated for hydrometeorological services.

The draft budget was calculated based on the settlement exchange rate
of 376 drams per dollar.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress