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Today more than 94 thousand citizens are registered as self-employed in Tatarstan. For those who are just planning to obtain this status, with support of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, a free educational program “Start of the Self-Employed” has been launched. In addition to useful knowledge and practical skills of entrepreneurship, program participants will receive a scholarship of 50 thousand rubles to start their own business.

An online meeting dedicated to the support of restaurant business was held at the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov. In addition to representatives of the industry and structures subordinate to the ministry, the event was attended by: the republican Rospotrebnadzor, the business ombudsman, the Ministry of Land and Property Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Federal Tax Service for the Republic of Tatarstan.

About 50 calls a day are received by the business support hotline.

A meeting of the Supervisory Board of the SEZ PPT “Alabuga” took place today in Kazan. The event was held in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov.

November 11 is a Day of the Economist. Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov congratulated on the professional holiday.

6.8 billion rubles - this amount of credit funds under guarantees of the Guarantee Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan subordinate to the Ministry of Economy has been attracted by Tatarstan entrepreneurs since the beginning of 2020.

Implementation of the program on concessional lending at 2%, aimed at supporting employment, was completed on November 1, the. Since the beginning of its implementation, the Program has shown high demand among Tatarstan entrepreneurs, whose activities are classified as sectors of the economy affected by the pandemic. In total, under the program, banks in the republics issued 6,497 loans worth over 13.6 billion rubles.

SME Bank, a subsidiary bank of the SME Corporation, is increasing the maximum amount of unsecured loans for self-employed entrepreneurs to 1 million rubles. The loan rate is fixed at 7.75% per annum for up to 3 years. The increase in the maximum loan amount will allow self-employed entrepreneurs to expand the range of purchased equipment and improve the quality of services provided.

On November 11-12, 2020, the online forum of social and entrepreneurial solutions “RHYTHM” will be held, the main topic of which will be new challenges and new opportunities that social entrepreneurs have faced during the pandemic.

The Ministry of Economy hosted a meeting of the working group on implementation of the Action Plan to ensure the sustainable development of the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan amid a worsening situation due to the spread of a new coronavirus infection, volatility in oil prices and the dollar exchange rate.