The Council discussed the use of funds from the write -off of regional debt
The authorities summed up the preliminary results of the application campaign for the selection of projects that can be financed by the regions due to the funds released due to the write -off of two -thirds of budget loans – a total of 76 regions proposed projects for 1.08 trillion rubles. During the selection, the federal center, as follows from yesterday’s meeting in the Federation Council, intends to ensure that these funds do not erode for current tasks, but are directed to investment goals and infrastructure.
On Thursday, April 17, a meeting was held at the Council of Council of Council of Council of Councils on the use of funds released in the write -off of the part of the debt on budget loans. We are talking about the “forgiveness” of two -thirds of the debt, formed on March 1, 2024 (in 2025–2029, this will release 1.1 trillion rubles, infrastructure budget loans do not fall under the write -off). Part of the debt that is not subject to write -off should be repaid in 2025–2030, and the rest is transferred to 2030–2039 and will be written off with the intended use of saved money. Half of them should be sent to projects in the housing and communal services, and the rest can be spent, in particular, on the resettlement of emergency housing, compensation for expenses on investment tax deductions, new investment projects and updating public transport (see Kommersant on February 7).
According to the deputy head of the Ministry of Finance Pavel Kadochnikov, 76 regions with a total volume of 1.08 trillion rubles were sent in total. Of these, 513 billion rubles – proposals for financing projects in the housing and communal services, 204 billion rubles – for the resettlement of emergency housing and renewal of public transport, 135 billion rubles – new investment projects, and another 48.7 billion rubles – projects for the development of reference settlements.
At the same time, according to Senator Andrei Shevchenko, a number of subjects note that when considering applications, the Ministry of Construction requests “additional excess information”, not provided for by the write -off rules. This, as follows from the discussion, is due to the fact that there are questions to the applications – the government insists that the write -off tool should work on the development of infrastructure, support for investment and increase the independence of regional budgets by increasing tax revenues, and not to cover current expenses.
As the first deputy head of the Ministry of Construction Alexander Lomakin noted, the regions in the formation of applications pay insufficiently attention to financing projects as part of the comprehensive plans for modernization of housing and communal services for 4.5 trillion rubles. Instead, they often offer to finance housing and communal services projects not included in such strategic plans by saving from writing off loans of the federal center. At the same time, as the deputy head of the Development Fund of territories Vladimir Tarasov specified, 43 thousand events and about 28 thousand are included in complex plans. They are not provided with specific sources of financing. “The fact that we have laid out in complex plans, what sources we will do for? How will we reach the indicators within the framework of the national project? » – Alexander Lomakin addressed the regions.
The Ministry of Economics also note a low percentage of applications and to finance new investment projects – 12.5%. As the acting department of regional development, Alexander Soldatov, reminded, last wave of budget debt restructuring in 2021–2024, about 200 billion rubles were sent to these purposes. Of the 671 billion rubles, which allowed to support about 5 trillion rubles. investment. “If we consider the goal of creating new tax revenues, we get much less effects in the second wave,” he complained.
In this case, the regions make proposals to expand the intended purpose of the released funds, however, as Pavel Kadochnikov warned yesterday, all the proposals that concern financing due to the investment tool of current expenses will “deploy as much as possible”.
