Spring crops in Belarus have been sown on 2.3 million hectares, which is 94.1% of the target area, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 24 May, spring cereals and leguminous crops (including corn, buckwheat, and millet) were planted on the area of 1.087 million hectares (100.9% of the plan).

The sowing of sugar beet and spring rapeseed has been completed. The sowing of flax is in progress only in Vitebsk Oblast where 41,700 hectares or 97.9% of the area designated for this crop has been planted.

The sowing of the following crops is nearing completion: corn (1,016,000 hectares, or 89.8% of the area), vegetables (4,220 hectares, or 91.7%), annual grasses (253,800 hectares, or 83.1%).

Work is underway to sow buckwheat (22,000 hectares, or 72.7%) and millet (3,810 hectares, or 55.2%).

The total area of spring crops in Belarus this year is estimated at almost 2.5 million hectares.

Belarusian youth teams won seven diplomas at the international business game Beginner Farmer that wrapped up in Moscow Oblast, Russia on 20 May, head of the Belarusian delegation, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the BRSM Youth Union Aleksandr Prokhorov told BelTA

“The event brought together around 200 young people from Russia. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan – a total of 34 teams. We are happy to inform that seven out of ten Belarusian teams that had qualified for the final won awards,” Aleksandr Prokhorov said.

The teams of the secondary school of the village of Vistychi in Brest District and the gymnasium of Kletsk were awarded diplomas among teams of students of secondary schools.

In the category for teams of students of vocational agricultural educational institutions, diplomas were presented to the teams of Lobanok Maryina Gorka Agrarian Technical College and Glubokoye State Vocational Lyceum.

The team of Grodno State Agricultural University clinched a diploma in the category for teams of undergraduate and postgraduate students of higher education institutions.

The team of the Gomelpromstroi company and Nikolai Mozol, a representative of the club of young people with disabilities of Mikashevichi, were among the winners in the category for young people with farming experience.

The BRSM Youth Union received a note of acknowledgement from the Russian State Duma Committee on Agrarian Affairs for its active involvement in civil and patriotic education of the youth and the organization of the national round of the Beginner Farmer business game.

The organizer of the national stage of the game in Belarus is the BRSM with the support from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. The final is organized by the Russian Union of Rural Youth.

The international business game Beginner Farmer has been held by the Russian Union of Rural Youth for seven years and has already brought together more than 10,000 people. Its main goal is to find and support talented young people who are involved in the development and implementation of business projects to advance agriculture. This year's event was the first international edition of the business game.

The current five-year plan prioritizes innovative and regional development, Deputy Economy Minister Anzhelika Nikitina said as she visited Francisk Skorina Gomel State University and the Belarusian State University of Transport, BelTA learned from the press service of the Economy Ministry.

The Economy Ministry continues a series of lectures at Belarus' higher learning institutions timed to the upcoming 100th anniversary of the economic bodies of Belarus. Anzhelika Nikitina visited the universities and told teachers, staff and students about the history of the country's economic bodies, their contribution to the national economy, as well as the future objectives.

In an interview with reporters, the deputy minister explained: “In the current five-year plan, we are focusing, firstly, on innovative development, the promotion of innovative industries - electrical engineering, robotics, pharmaceutics, IT technologies. We must become a high-tech innovative country, especially in the manufacturing industry. The second area of focus is regional development. At the latest Belarusian People's Congress, the head of state named the localities that will receive a bigger focus – these are oblast capitals, towns with a population of 80,000 people or more, Minsk satellite towns, communities with a high unemployment rate. We should deal with the regional development issues on a case-by-case basis, including the districts of Gomel Oblast.

The Belarusian government has secured stable functioning of the social sector in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said at a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation on 19 May, BelTA has learned.

“It is based on the basic principles of the policy laid out by the head of state and aimed at a concrete person, his/her needs and interests. Within the framework of the social block of the government's program, the main efforts are concentrated on the achievement of the social and economic development targets, the unconditional provision of our strategic priorities aimed at strengthening the human capital,” said Igor Petrishenko.

According to him, the target of the state policy remains unchanged and is aimed at ensuring a decent standard of living and quality of life for all citizens. “The main task for the current period is not to let the level of real welfare of our people, the volume and accessibility of state-guaranteed services go down,” the vice premier said.

Igor Petrishenko stressed that pensions, benefits, scholarship allowances are all paid on time. There are no arrears of wages in the social sector.

Source: BelTA

Как сообщает Главное статистическое управление Минской области, за январь-март увеличились объем ВРП, индекс промышленного производства и реальные зарплаты.

По результатам I квартала ВРП достиг 6,5 млрд. рублей в текущих ценах. За такой же период прошлого года результаты были гораздо ниже, поэтому темп роста ВРП составил 104,4% в сопоставимых ценах к уровню 2020 года.

ИПП достиг 119%. Особенно хорошо показывают себя такие горнодобывающая и обрабатывающая промышленности — 119,2% и 212,1% соответственно, а также снабжение электроэнергией, газом, паром, горячей водой и кондиционированным
воздухом — 115,7%.

Производство продукции сельского хозяйства увеличилось на 0,4% по сравнению с I кварталом 2020 года.

Также ГСУ области сообщает, что на развитие экономики и соцсферы использовано 1 448,8 млн. рублей инвестиций. С одной стороны, сумма немаленькая. Но это только 85,1% к уровню соответствующего периода прошлого года.

Согласно информации ГСУ области, населению продано продовольственных товаров на сумму 1 160,4 млн. рублей — это 100,9% к тому же периоду прошлого года. Продажа непродовольственных товаров отстает: 986 млн. рублей — это 97,4% к результату прошлогоднего первого квартала.

Средняя номинальная зарплата сложилась в размере 1 288,5 рубля. Бюджетникам номинально начислили 1 073,1 рубля. В частности, зарплата в сфере образования составила 891 рубль, 1 131,1 рубль — у учителей, в медицине и соцуслугах — 1 174,1 рубля. При этом, согласно данным статистического управления, врачи номинально получили 2 267,2 рубля, средний медицинский персонал — 1 272,9 рубля.

По сравнению с первым кварталом прошлого года реальная зарплата увеличилась на 4,7% и на 11,8% в бюджетных организациях — на 11,8%. Напомним: реальная зарплата рассчитана с учетом роста потребительских цен на товары и услуги.

Источник: Минская правда