During the meeting, the Head of State was informed about the region’s socio-economic growth and the results of actualizing the instructions within the current Address to Kazakhstan’s nation.
Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed the importance of timely and good implementation of state and industry-specific programs, and also pointed out the need for taking steps to improve the well-being of the population.
- Kostanay region has a positive dynamics of macroeconomic indicators. Industry compared with 2017 has increased by 8.3%, construction - by 22.3%. About 300 thousand square meters of housing were commissioned, Arkhimed Mukhambetov reported.
Akim of Kostanay region has informed the President of Kazakhstan on the automotive industry growth, the results of investment promotion activities and the implementation of industrial projects as well.
- There is an industrial zone in the region, within which 11 projects are being carried out. The largest is creation of an agricultural hub including a workshop for producing special-purpose flour with a capacity of 600 thousand tons, a workshop for producing animal feed with a capacity of 1 million tons per year, a workshop for producing gluten and processing of oil crops. This project is aimed at increasing productivity in agriculture, Arkhimed Mukhambetov said.
In addition, the akim spoke about the implementation of projects for manufacturing agricultural machinery and building materials, development of the meat-processing complex in Arkalyk and measures to support SMEs.
Nursultan Nazarbayev gave instructions to the akim at the end of the meeting.