Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In order to further improve the environment for small businesses and entrepreneurship in mahallas, to continue providing employment for youth and women with income-generating work:
- in 2023, 13 trillion soums will be allocated to finance projects within the framework of family business development programs;
- Loans are allocated on a priority basis to the population and business entities that have not previously used loans under the programs;
- unsecured loans up to 50 million soums will be provided to dekhkan farms and small businesses;
- on the recommendation of the hokim's assistant, a part of up to 10 million soums of the loan amount (for artisans - up to 20 million soums) is transferred to bank cards (with a restriction on the possibility of cashing out);
- within the framework of the programs, the procedure for allocating loans at a rate of 14 percent per annum will be maintained.