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Economy News - Baghdad
Al-Eqtisad News publishes the full decisions of the 48th Cabinet session, which was held on Tuesday, headed by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani.
The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement, seen by "Al-Eqtisad News", that "Al-Sudani chaired, on Tuesday, the 48th regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which general developments in the country were discussed, a number of important files were discussed, and the progress of their implementation was followed up, in addition to discussing the topics included on the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them."
The statement added, "At the beginning of the session, the Prime Minister blessed the completion of the general population and housing census, as a national entitlement that had been delayed for decades, and witnessed delays and obstructions after 2003, and the government apparatus was able to implement it, and he explained that the value of the census does not lie only in the statistical aspect and digital data, but rather it is an indicator of the stability of the country, its political system and the awareness of its people, explaining that during the coming days work will be carried out on the population characteristics, and emphasizing the continuation of the census process for Iraqis abroad."
According to the statement, Al-Sudani praised "the efforts of the Ministry of Planning in employing resources and capabilities, and absorbing challenges. He also appreciated the efforts of the Statistics Authority, the supporting ministries, the governorates, and all community activities, especially the religious leaders and authorities, in their support and directives to cooperate in completing the national census."
The statement explained that "the Council of Ministers continued to discuss the topics included in its agenda, as the Council agreed to refer the integrated infrastructure project for the new Sadr City to implementation, in its first phase."
He pointed out that "with the aim of improving the communications services provided to citizens, and finding a national operator for mobile phone networks, the Council of Ministers approved the selection of Vodafone International Telecommunications Company as the operator of the national license project for mobile phone with fifth-generation technology, and assigned the Ministry of Communications to proceed with the preparatory procedures for the project, based on the company's readiness to work in Iraq, and depending on the support of the government and the ministry to make this project a success, which will be owned by the state, and aims to provide the best services to citizens, maximize revenues, keep pace with technological development, and employ young national energies after training them on the latest advanced technological techniques."
The Council of Ministers approved amending its decision regarding the voluntary deduction of 1% of the salary, allowances, and retirement pension, to be for a period of 6 months only, starting from December 1, 2024, and for those wishing to donate only, in order to support the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples.
He stressed that "the Council voted to amend its decision (24809 of 2024) to provide the Lebanese Republic with (320) thousand tons of wheat instead of flour."
As part of the Council’s follow-up of the management of airports, air navigation and air transport services, the following was approved:
1- Separating the management of Iraqi airports from the General Company for Airports and Air Navigation Management, and linking it to the Ministry of Transport, and it will be at the level of a department without a general directorate, based on the provisions of the Administrative Formations Creation Law (12 of 2011).
2- Amending the name of the General Company for Airports and Air Navigation Management to (General Company for Air Navigation Services), and deleting the airport management activity from it. The company shall take the necessary measures to amend its internal regulations and founding statement accordingly.
3- The properties belonging to the Ministry of Finance, occupied by the airports linked to the aforementioned company, shall be transferred to the Ministry of Transport, and those properties, if they belong to other government agencies, shall be allocated to the aforementioned ministry, with the transferred requirements for operating the aforementioned airports being transferred to the Ministry of Transport, provided that a joint committee is formed from the Ministries of Transport and Finance, the Civil Aviation Authority, and the aforementioned company, to implement this within (30) days of the issuance of the decision.
4- The services of the workers in those airports shall be transferred to the aforementioned ministry, while retaining the allowances granted to them, based on the provisions of the State Employees’ Salaries Law No. 22 of 2008.
5- The Ministry of Transport shall replace the General Company for Airports and Air Navigation Management in implementing all technical, legal and financial obligations resulting from previous contracts related to airports, by concluding an additional contract or agreement with the contracting company.
He added, "As part of the government's work to achieve financial reform, the Council of Ministers has approved that government banks that have non-moving bank accounts and zero bank accounts do the following:
1- Closing the bank accounts on which Decision No. (23581 of 2023) Paragraph (Second-1) was previously implemented by withdrawing their balances and making them zero, amounting to (529) bank accounts, based on the approved tables and statements.
2- Closing bank accounts with zero balances, amounting to (313) bank accounts with central funding, and (773) bank accounts with self-funding.
The statement highlighted that, "Within the framework of the government's efforts to raise the level of capabilities of our armed forces, the Council of Ministers approved the allocation of an amount of (5) billion dinars, from the emergency reserve, to the Counter-Terrorism Service to proceed with the establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Service Academy, based on the provisions of the Federal Triennial General Budget Law No. 13 of 2023."
He explained that "in the field of supporting industrial sectors and the private sector, the Council of Ministers approved the mechanisms for lending to industrial projects and the controls that determine the amounts of reservation and extinction of the guarantees provided for these loans, according to the letter of the Prime Minister's Office on (November 4, 2024), which includes a statement of the general conditions, the required guarantees, extinction rates, project financing mechanisms, and the obligations of the parties, according to the statement of the media office."
The Council approved amending the percentage stipulated in the Companies Law (21 of 1997), which is the percentage of companies’ commitment from their registered capital, to be (500%), instead of (300%), provided that the committee charged with preparing the lending mechanisms will review the controls under discussion after 6 months from the date of issuance of this decision.
He added, "Within the Cabinet's follow-up of the file of completing stalled projects and proceeding with infrastructure projects, the Council approved the following:
1- Allocating an amount of (1.535542) trillion dinars within the budget of the National Investment Commission, when preparing proposals for investment budget allocations for the years (2025 and 2026), for the amounts of the Bismayah City project.
2- Increase the total cost and reserve amount for the (Ramadi Teaching Hospital) project.
3- Deleting the component of establishing a college of education for girls, creating three components for functionally separate buildings, and increasing the total cost of the project to establish a college of education for girls.
4- Increasing the reserve amount and total costs for (9) service projects in Diyala Governorate.
He continued: "In the field of supporting the work and projects of service and engineering efforts, the Cabinet approved the exemption of works implemented in the direct implementation method by the team, formed pursuant to Cabinet Resolution (286 of 2022) from the provisions of the first paragraph of Cabinet Resolution (23713 of 2023), related to the implementation of projects, and the inclusion of works implemented in this manner, within the budget (special programs), in the 2025 budget tables, for the Prime Minister's Office, based on the Federal General Budget Law 13 of 2023."
He stressed that "the session witnessed the approval of amending Cabinet Resolution (23718 of 2023) to include working with the text of the original resolution that granted the competent minister the authority to implement an exception from the instructions for implementing government contracts, and the instructions for facilitating the implementation of the budget, in the event that the companies implementing the main projects refuse to implement the conflict resolution project, provided that work is carried out according to the powers in the controls and provisions for implementing and following up on investment budget projects No. (1 of 2023 amended), if the projects have been included in the investment budget, and a specific amount is determined for conflict resolution contracts, not exceeding (25%) or (50%) of the contract value, and anything in excess of that is done through an announcement."
The Council of Ministers approved the ownership of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities, the plot of land numbered (597/1/Al-Qasim), to the private secretariat of the shrine of Al-Qasim bin Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (peace be upon them) in Babil Governorate, based on Legislative Resolution (693 of 1973), and the provisions of the Law of Ownership of Amiri Lands Located Within Municipal Boundaries No. (80 of 1970), and without compensation.
The Council of Ministers discussed other topics on its agenda and approved the following:
First: Amending Cabinet Resolution No. (24479 of 2024) regarding the working paper submitted by the Geologists Syndicate, including the Ministry of Finance allocating an annual grant of (150) million dinars to the Union of Arab Geologists to pay the wages of employees and activities of the General Secretariat Office of the Union of Arab Geologists in Baghdad.
Second: Amending Cabinet Resolution No. (23377 of 2023), including amending the phrase stated at the end of Cabinet Resolution (371 of 2021) regarding the number of employees in the staff of the General Authority for Monitoring the Allocation of Federal Revenues, which was limited to only (80) employees from among the employees covered by the State and Public Sector Employees’ Salaries Law No. (22 of 2008)
Third: Implementation of the Ministry of Commerce/General Company for Central Markets Council Resolution No. (92 of 2021).
The Ministry of Finance allocated a plot of land to the Ministry of Health, in accordance with the Law on Ownership of Public Lands and Buildings (3 of 1960), for the purpose of developing Al-Hindiya General Hospital.
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