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On November 6, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Vahe Ghalumyan and Arkady Khachatryan the financial allocations and budgetary programmes of the relevant spheres designed by the draft law on Armenia’s State Budget for 2021 were debated.

Presenting the financial programmes for 2021 the RA Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan reminded that the law on State Budget for 2020 had been changed twice, for the first time conditioned by pandemic, and for the second time – by war. The Minister underlined that the draft budget for 2021 had been compiled before the start of the military operations in Artsakh, after which amendments had been made to the budget for 2021: the forecasts and indices of the budget execution results for 2020 had been reflected.

The RA Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan has noted that in 2021 six programmes will be implemented, which include 25 events.

The RA Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan presented the financial allocations and the programmes to be fulfilled in the sphere of agriculture being designed in 2021. According to the Minister, the shocks of 2020 have an impact on a number of spheres, including the agriculture.

Beginning from spring the works to be done has been revised, and the Government has essentially shown great support.