The second season of "Initiative Budget" starts on July 6

    In focus 4 July 2024 278

    On July 6 of this year, the second season of the "Initiative Budget" starts. This was announced today by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

    At the first stage, proposals from citizens will be submitted, as well as their projects will be formed - in the period from July 6 to July 26. At the second stage, the selection of projects is carried out - from July 26 to August 15, and at the third stage, campaigning is carried out - from August 15 to August 22. And finally, the fourth stage is the voting on the projects, which is scheduled for the period from August 22 to September 1.

    It is noted that more than 2 trillion soums are allocated from district and city budgets for this season.

    At the same time, the maximum cost of projects in 2024 is 1.36 billion soums, the Ministry of Economic Finance clarified.

    Recall that in the first season of the 2024 "Initiative Budget" 35,575 initiatives were received, 29,015 of which were approved by the third stage, 6,560 were rejected. Over 11.7 million votes were cast for them on the voting days. The level of involvement of the country's population was 35%. A budget of 3,390.5 billion soums was allocated for the implementation of the initiatives.