the Head of the Executive Committee of the popular front Mikhail Kuznetsov, the Minister of economic development Maxim Reshetnikov, the Deputy Tatyana Ilyushnikova and head of service of the Central Bank consumer protection and ensuring the availability of financial services Mikhail Mamuta discussed the preliminary results of monitoring the execution key of the orders of the President, support citizens and the economy.
As head of the Executive Committee of the popular front Mikhail Kuznetsov, the results of the preliminary survey conducted by staff revealed that only a quarter of the surveyed entrepreneurs were able to take advantage of existing support measures, while three quarters of survey participants are unable to do or didn’t know how.
the Chief of staff of the onf to support small and medium entrepreneurship Yevgeny Lazarev has told that only 9% of respondents did not have any problems in obtaining grants for the salary of 12 130 RUB. per employee. Only 30% of participants in the monitoring have reported being able to use credit vacation.
Ms. Lazarev believes that the need to support the business in the context of the epidemic COVID-19 should be evaluated not only on the formal assignment of activities to the list of the Russian classification of economic activities (OKVED), but also on the basis of the criterion of reduced earnings.
In response, Mr Reshetnikov said that in the latest versions of programs to support governments moving away from the initial limitations in determining the number of affected businesses. According to the Minister, determination by the NACE is allowed to move to support quickly, which would not allow to make a determination of the revenue decline.
Mr Reshetnikov said that the new program loans at the rate of 2%, developed on behalf of the President, it is proposed to distribute a number of complementary activities that are directly targeted at the consumer market and relate to the production of clothing, shoes, furniture, sporting goods and toys. According to him, the program will also be able to participate socially oriented non-profit organizations regardless of the types of economic activity. In addition, just today in the list of affected industries were included crafts and retail trade via vending machines.
“we are now a very important moment not only measures, but also measures to open the economy, said Maxim Reshetnikov.— At the moment we are actively working on the requirements of the CPS, which depends on in the near future, opening establishments”.
