In 2024, budget credits for Batken residents cut almost 4 times

In 2024, budget credits of about 36 million soms were envisaged for Batken residents affected by the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in September 2022. This is almost four times less than originally planned.

According to the amendments made to the national budget for 2024 and the planning period of 2025-2026, 35.8 million KGS were envisaged for issuance of budget credit to the affected business entities in Batken region. At the same time, the amount of 137 million KGS was initially approved.

“The budget has been reduced by 101.2 million KGS. This was done on the basis of analyzing the execution of the republican budget for nine months of the current year (author's note - 2024),” the Ministry of Finance explained.