In the Eskeldinsky district of Zhetysu, support for small and medium-sized enterprises is on the rise.

This was announced today during a meeting between the region's akim, Beibit Isabaev, and the residents of the Eskeletinsky district, according to the press service of the akim of the Zhetysu region.

The local businesses contributed 1.4 billion tenge to the budget, which is a 30% increase compared to last year. In the industrial sector, the volume of industrial production for the first ten months of this year reached 7.6 billion tenge, with an expected total of 8.4 billion tenge by the end of the year. Additionally, under the state support program for SMEs, this year 16 projects have been subsidized and 10 projects guaranteed, amounting to over 653 million tenge in total.

Since the beginning of the year, the district has attracted 25.5 billion tenge in investments, which is 1.8 times more than last year. Of this, 80% or 20.4 billion tenge is from non-budgetary sources. This year, the district plans to implement 5 projects totaling 10.3 billion tenge, of which 3 have already been completed.