NIZHNY NOVGOROD, June 9 Head of Mordovia Artyom Zdunov discussed issues of supporting and stimulating investment activity in the region, as well as the implementation of the national project «Labor Productivity» at a meeting with Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Murat Kerefov, the press service of the head of the republic reports.
Deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation arrived in Mordovia on a working visit, during which he held a meeting with representatives of large and medium-sized businesses, and also visited large enterprises of the republic — «Biokhimik», «Optikenergo» and «Optic fiber systems».
«Mordovia, among the pilot regions, has begun to introduce a regional investment standard. There is a single window for working with investors, work is underway to increase the transparency of the mechanisms for connecting businesses to utility networks and reduce the time for technical connection,» the report says.
As the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation noted, Mordovia systematically solves the problem of attracting investments. “For our part, we supervise this work at the federal level and offer business new support measures. One of them is the mechanism of agreements on the protection and promotion of capital investments. The SZPK is the only mechanism that combines the compensation of infrastructure costs and the immutability of the conditions for the implementation of investment projects. — the conditions of taxation, land use, urban planning, the procedure for providing state support measures. We see the interest of Mordovia enterprises in concluding such agreements and are working on all incoming applications, «Kerefov's words are quoted in the message.
The head of Mordovia stressed how important it is for the republic to connect to this system, noting that now the region plans to conclude two agreements at the federal level and one at the regional level with a total investment of 5.8 billion rubles. «In Mordovia, we see a positive trend in the growth of investment in fixed assets — in the first quarter of this year, the increase was 68% compared to the same period in 2022. We have seriously restructured work with business. Last year, almost five times more funds were issued from the Industrial Development Fund than in the previous five years. These investments are gradually being transferred to jobs and taxes, and we see this — last year the increase was 15%,» Zdunov said.
He named two big projects — the creation of a special economic zone at the Lisma sites and in the Lyambirsky district (an application has been submitted, there is a large investor) and the expansion of the territory of advanced development in Ruzaevka.
The head of Mordovia also noted the importance of the republic's participation in the implementation of the national project «Labor Productivity», in which 49 local enterprises are actively involved. Thus, thanks to participation in the national project, the Biochemist enterprise increased the volume of production of medicines in ampoules by 27% and reduced the time for their manufacture by a quarter.
Thanks to the standardization of procedures and the adjustment of production processes, the Optikvolokonnye Sistemy enterprise managed to increase the plant's productivity by 23%.
Mordovia has also actively launched a feedback platform that helps entrepreneurs send requests for problematic issues, as well as quickly resolve them.
«The head of Mordovia thanked the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia for supporting the region and stressed that the republic will use all the tools aimed at increasing investment activity in the region,» the message says.