State support for the agricultural industry and rural areas in Chuvashia increased by 27% in 2023

The agricultural industry and rural areas in Chuvashia received 7.6 billion rubles of state support in 2023 – 27% more than last year. The Deputy Prime Minister announced this,Minister of Agriculture of Chuvashia Sergei Artamonov during an interview with the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Chuvashia.
“We have two main government programs. The first is the development of the industry itself, the agro-industrial complex, the second is the comprehensive development of rural areas. There are also forms of subsidies through other ministries and departments. At the end of 2023, the volume of state support for the agricultural industry and rural areas amounted to 7.6 billion rubles,” shared the Deputy Prime Minister.
The largest volume of subsidies fell on agriculture: 4.7 billion rubles were allocated for the development of crop production, livestock farming, the food processing industry, and preferential lending . A total of 76 support measures were in place across sub-sectors. 2.1 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget for the provision of subsidies, and 2.6 billion from the republican budget.
“If we compare with other regions of the Volga Federal District, we rank second in state support per 1 hectare of arable land,” noted Sergey Artamonov.
A significant amount of funds in 2023 was also allocated under the “Comprehensive Development of Rural Territories” program - 2.5 billion rubles. As part of federal measures, 4 projects “The modern appearance of rural areas”, 5 projects for the improvement of rural areas, and another 5 projects for compact housing development were implemented. Funds were also provided for preferential rural mortgages.
But the republican initiative budgeting program became truly popular, according to which 1055 projects were completed during the year, for which roads, housing and communal services and social services were repaired, playgrounds were built, water bodies were cleaned, etc.
“The program has been running for seven years. In the first year, about 100 applications were received, for approximately 100 million rubles. implemented projects. And in 2023, we completed more than a thousand projects worth 1.4 billion rubles. The growth is tenfold, and it continues. There are not as many projects as there are in our republic in any of the regions of our country,” emphasized Deputy Prime Minister of Chuvashia Sergei Artamonov.
In addition, as part of the comprehensive rural development program, 61 families improved their living conditions and returned 70% of the cost of the purchased or built house, and 182 families took advantage of an additional reduction in the interest rate on rural mortgages.
“Let me remind you here: the Chuvash Republic is still compensating for part of the cost of paying interest: for large families it reduces from 3% to 0.1%, for workers in the agro-industrial complex – up to 0.5%, for workers in the social and cultural sector – 1%,” he said in an interview minister
At the same time, Sergei Artamonov noted that all these forms of support for rural areas and agriculture were transferred to 2024 . “We recently became Advisors