Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov has issued several instructions to increase the population's income. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
At today's meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Prime Minister particularly emphasized the need to take measures to curb and further reduce inflation.
In this regard, the Ministry of National Economy, together with the National Bank, has been instructed to develop measures by November 20 to strengthen coordination of fiscal policy aimed at reducing inflation and increasing real incomes of the population.
"Akimats should conduct weekly monitoring of the effectiveness of measures taken to stabilize prices for food products and provide relevant information to the Ministry of Trade. And the Ministry of Trade, together with regional akimats, should strengthen control over compliance with maximum trade markups on socially significant food products, as well as take additional measures to prevent unjustified price increases," Bektenov said.
In addition, the Ministries of Trade and Agriculture must form a sufficient reserve of food products for the winter period within two weeks. The volume of direct supplies of food products from stabilization funds also needs to be increased.