Since the beginning of this year, 8,941 grants have been issued to citizens belonging to socially vulnerable groups of the population for the implementation of new business ideas, of which 5,769 were issued to rural residents. In total, 9,000 grants were planned to be issued in 2024.

In 2024, gratuitous grants were issued for: livestock farming - 2,331, crop production - 101, purchase of inventory, tools - 2,425, purchase of technological equipment - 3,941, rental of premises - 143.

By category of recipients, 5,646 grants were issued to members of large families, 1,446 - to persons with disabilities, 1,045 - to parents raising children with disabilities, 253 - to recipients of targeted social assistance, 365 - to recipients of survivor's benefits, 151 - to displaced persons and 35 - to kandases.

This year, 2 streams of applications for grants were received. In total, more than 30 thousand applications were received from applicants, including 19.4 thousand from large families, 4.7 thousand from persons with disabilities, 3.5 thousand from persons caring for a disabled child, and 758 applications from recipients of targeted social assistance. Applications were also submitted by 1.1 thousand people from among those who lost their breadwinner, 289 displaced persons and 169 kandases.

The largest number of applications were received from applicants from the Turkestan (5.4 thousand), Kyzylorda (3.3 thousand), Zhambyl (3 thousand) regions and the city of Shymkent (2.4 thousand), the smallest number from the Ulytau region (221) and Kostanay region (490).

Let us remind you that grants are issued by labor mobility centers based on the decision of the district/city commission for reviewing applications from applicants.Applicants present their business project at the commission meetings. Notification of the place, date and time of the commission meeting is displayed in the personal account of the grant applicant on the Business.enbek.kz portal.

At the same time, each member of the commission evaluates the business plan and fills out an assessment sheet according to the following criteria: competitiveness of the business idea, development of sales markets, financial viability of the business project, level of entrepreneurial skills, creation of new jobs.

Thus, the decision to provide a grant is made by the commission and based on clear criteria for assessing the development of the applicants' business projects.

Information about the commission's decision is sent to the applicant's personal account on the Business.enbek.kz portal. In case of a positive result, the applicant registers his/her activity with the tax authorities, provides bank details, signs an agreement and then provides quarterly reports on the use of the allocated funds. All this is done electronically, without visiting labor mobility centers.

Next year, it is also planned to issue 9 thousand grants.

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