According to IRNA, council members took the decision on the import fund allocation while meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Ayatollah Amoli Larijani to discuss and review the budget for the next financial year.
They stressed that the government would offer preferential rates for clearing or exchanging foreign resources resulting from the export of oil, gas, and gas condensates for the import of “only basic agricultural goods and medicine”, the list of which, will be approved by Council of Ministers by the end of April.
According to the report, the imports will be overseen by a working group consisting of the first vice president, the head of the central bank, the head of country's planning and budget organization, the minister of economic affairs and finance, the minister of agricultural as well as the minister of mining industry and trade.
The Minister of Health along with other relevant bodies are also required to implement and monitor the allocation, distribution and use of currency for medicine and equipment.
In addition, the central bank is obliged to prepare monthly reports on the implementation of the Clause 4(A) of the Budget Law.
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