Activity of the Government on February 15 – March 1, 2009

Decisions

Decision concerning the distribution of state budget allocations for salary rise. An amount of 467 million lei is allocated for rises operable starting January 1, 2009.

Decision concerning the freshening of food wheat reserves and acquisition of 5^th-class fodder wheat. In order to redress the situation in agriculture and sustain domestic agricultural producers, the Agency for Material Reserves, Public Procurements and Humanitarian Aid is empowered to release from the state material reserves 22,000 tons of food wheat for freshening (replacement) purpose and sell it at open auctions via the Universal Commodity Exchange of Moldova for an initial price of 1,600–1,800 lei per ton of food wheat. The agency jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry will ensure the recovery of food wheat stocks from the new crop by purchasing it from domestic agricultural producers, and will organise auctions to procure 5^th-class fodder wheat from domestic agricultural producers for a maximum price of 1,100 lei a ton.

Decisions concerning allocation of funds:

About 2 million lei is allocated to purchase and repair homes of some people hit by the summer 2008 flooding;
More than 150,000 lei is allocated to the Government Apparatus and Ministry of Culture to cover expenses for the winter holidays reception offered by Moldova’s President;
As much as 575,200 lei is allocated to renovate power networks of the State Archival Service.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Contentment with healthcare reform

Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii has attended a meeting on reporting activity of the Republican Clinical Hospital (SCR) and said that the healthcare reform started in 2004 by introducing mandatory health insurance is being implemented well. Mrs. Greceanii indicated among persistent problems the effect of the disaster faced by the country when the reform was launched and effects of the global economic crisis. The prime minister informed about a project estimated at over 90 million Euros on capital renovation of SCR set to open this year.

CNAS College

The prime minister has attended a sitting of the college of National Social Insurance House (CNAS) and appreciated the work of CNAS in 2008, which ensured a good functioning of the entire social insurance system, payment of all social allowances to beneficiaries on time. At the same time, the prime minister stressed the importance of permanently improving the quality of CNAS services and its territorial subdivisions and demanded more cooperation with other competent state institutions and partners of social dialogue. According to a report by CNAS chair, the institution aims to build a flexible and modern system to meet all demands of beneficiaries of social rights.

Ceaseless fall in population

According to data by the National Bureau for Statistics, the preliminary number of stable population of Moldova was 3,567,500 people on January 1, 2009, compared with 3,570,100 people in 2008.

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