On Thursday January 6, President Emomali Rahmon signed a decree on declaring 2022-2026 the years of development of industry in Tajikistan.

The Tajik president’s official website, in particular, notes that the head of state instructs the government to develop within six month the plan of actions for implementation of this decree and submit it for approval.

In an address to a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament, President Emomali Rahmon on December 21 proposed to declare 2022-2026 the years of development of industry in Tajikistan,” Rahmon said.   

“During this period, it is necessary to create more than 500,000 new jobs, to increase the population’s cash incomes two times, to increase the share of middle class in the country to 45 percent, and thus to reduce the poverty rate to 15 percent,” the head of state noted.