Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 10 May, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of measures to reduce poverty and increase employment.

As part of the administrative reform, a ministry responsible for these areas has been formed, and all legal and organizational foundations have been created in the sphere. For the first time in our country, the concept of minimum consumer spending has been introduced.

In order to ensure employment of the population, 15 trillion soums of concessional loans and subsidies were allocated to family businesses, and 200,000 hectares of land were allocated for agriculture. About 300 thousand business entities have been organized, the activities of 20 thousand enterprises have been expanded. Last year, 1 million people were lifted out of poverty.

In the recently adopted amended Constitution, the state has committed itself to poverty reduction.

In this regard, the meeting discussed measures to bring this work to a new level. It was indicated that, first of all, the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction should organize work in the field in a new way.

The issue of supporting entrepreneurs and stimulating them to create new jobs was considered. To do this, they will conclude an agreement on the training of skilled labor. That is, monocentres will be created at enterprises. The state, along with the allocation of the necessary funds for the training of employees, will provide preferences for access to infrastructure, loans, tax and other issues. The entrepreneur, in turn, will provide the low-income population with profitable work.

Responsible persons were instructed to introduce this system in all districts and cities.

China’s experience in poverty reduction is noteworthy. The delegation of our country recently visited China to study this experience and develop new approaches. Chinese specialists were attracted to the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction.

During the presentation, it was determined that, based on the Chinese experience, a separate program to lift out of poverty will be implemented in one of the districts of each region. At the same time, attention will be paid to improving the road transport, energy, communication and tourism infrastructure, the development of small and medium-sized cities, the industrialization of mahallas in areas with a high level of poverty.

The Deputy Prime Minister was instructed to resolve issues related to the preparation of the necessary infrastructure.

This year, 13 trillion soums of loans and 1.5 trillion soums of subsidies are allocated for family businesses. There are 37 types of subsidies for poverty reduction and employment. But the conditions for providing this support are practically the same for everyone and do not take into account the different socio-economic status of families, the time required for projects to become self-sufficient. In this regard, it is proposed to change the procedure for allocating loans and subsidies, providing for an individual approach to each low-income family.

Instructions were given to turn the Ministry of Employment and Reduction into a people-oriented system, to organize the provision of more than 100 social services directly in mahallas.