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Borrow from Putin
The government intends to finance a reduction in mortgage rates
A regular meeting of the government presidium took place on Friday. Among the traditional large number of agenda items for such meetings, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin highlighted for the press the first flight of a fifth-generation fighter and support for mortgage lending.First of all, the head of government discussed with Sergei Ivanov the unique, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, characteristics of the new military aircraft, which “combines the functions of both a fighter and a strike complex, capable of operating in any conditions on ground, air, and surface sea targets." At the same time, the head of government tried to justify the existence of state corporations created during the era of his presidency and raising big questions for the current president: “This aircraft already contains a number of promising innovative solutions; both cooperators and the Russian state corporations Rusnano and Russian Technologies took part in the creation of this aircraft "
The Prime Minister considered it necessary to remind that a meeting on aircraft construction is to be held in early March and “to discuss in a comprehensive manner all the problems related to aircraft manufacturing and air defense.” “And there we will be able to discuss some secret details in detail,” Sergei Ivanov promised.
Members of the government presidium also discussed the issue of new powers of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Mr. Putin recalled that amendments to the law on technical regulation were recently adopted - the authority to adopt new technical regulations is now transferred exclusively to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The head of government indicated what the department should strive for: “New regulations should free manufacturers from unnecessary barriers, improve product quality, and expand our opportunities to enter world markets. And of course, the basic task of the new regulations is to actively promote the modernization of the country’s economy as a whole.”
Vladimir Putin expects that a single decision-making center will help reduce time and speed up the updating of the regulatory framework under which industry operates. According to the prime minister, the priorities remain the same - openness and transparency in the development of technical regulations, respect for the interests of both producers and consumers of goods and services.
The financial sector of the economy on Friday was enriched by the decision made regarding the use of part of the funds from the National Welfare Fund. The proposed bill allows for 40 billion rubles to be channeled from this source. for the needs of the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending. The head of government unveiled to the ministers a large-scale program to support mortgage lending in 2010: it is planned to allocate up to 250 billion rubles for these purposes, most of which will come from Vnesheconombank - 50 billion of its own resources and pension savings of up to 160 billion. According to experts According to estimates, the Prime Minister said, this should help commercial banks reach 10-11% of the cost of a mortgage loan, whereas now, according to Mr. Putin, the interest rate is 14%.
“Electronic government” is also intended to achieve good goals of making life easier for the population. “We have already approved strict deadlines for the transition to providing public services to citizens using the Internet,” the head of government recalled.
But the approved deadlines are rarely met. In this particular case, a special government commission for the implementation of information technology will be created to effectively coordinate the work. The prime minister justified the tasks of the new body simply and humanely: “It is necessary for citizens to be spared the “trouble” of going through the authorities, so that they can use convenient, simple tools on the Internet.”