DUSHANBE, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- The process of restructuring state-owned enterprises brought in 37.3 million somoni last year, which is 12.4 million somoni more than in 2008, Asia-Plus has learned from the source at the State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management (GosKonInvest).

“424 of 459 state-owned enterprises have been restructured in the country since 2003, when the enterprise restructuring process began,” the source said.

According to him, the government sold its equity stakes in some 88 joint-stock companies to investors in 2003-2009 that allowed creating more than 2,300 new jobs in the country.

The source added that plans for restructuring the State Unitary Enterprise Rohi Ohan (Tajik Railways) and Barqi Tojik Power Holding (Tajik electricity supplier) had been submitted for consideration to the government.