Government reviewed improvement of state administration system

Opening the session, the Prime Minister introduced new members of the Cabinet - First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Minister of Culture and Information Mukhat Kul-Mukhammed and Yerbolat Dossayev who headed the Ministry of Economic and Budget Planning.
He noted that the Ministry of Regional Development will focus its efforts on creation of conditions for increasing people's welfare on the basis of efficient use of socio-economic potential of the regions and economic sectors of the country.
"With two incorporated agencies the Ministry of Regional Development will coordinate the process of implementation of the programs "Regional Development", "Affordable Housing 2020", "Business Road Map 2020", "Employment 2020", "Ak Bulak" as well as the programs on housing and utilities sector modernization and development of single-industry towns," S.Akhmetov emphasized.
The functions and powers of the Finance Ministry on budget planning as well as the functions on the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies on formulation of the state policy on investments support and creation of favorable investment climate were transferred to the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning, Kazinform refers to Kazakh PM's site.
"Besides, the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning will formulate the state policy in the sphere of population migration. Thus, the Ministry will implement the migration policy taking into consideration strategic and economic planning," the Premier added.
The Ministry of Environment Protection was authorized for implementation and control over the policies on green economy development, protection and control over the rational use of natural resources, formulation of the state policy of water resources management and fisheries development except for the issues of melioration. The issues of utilization of household wastes, formulation of the state policy in the sphere of renewable energy sources development will be under the supervision of the Ministry of Environment Protection as well.
The Agency for Atomic Energy was incorporated into the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population will supervise the issues regarding migration of the population, its interdepartmental coordination, development of measures on regulation and monitoring of migration processes, migration regulation.
Besides, S.Akhmetov wished success to Talgat Yermegiyayev who was appointed Chairman of the Board of "Astana EXPO-2017" National Company" JSC by the decree of the President.
"All reorganized state bodies should take necessary measures to implement the Decree of the President. We should timely resolve all the organizational issues and start our work," S.Akhmetov said.