At the meeting, Vladimir Putin gave special attention to the work of the Strategic Initiatives Agency. Recalling that one of the agency’s core tasks is to remove bureaucratic barriers, the prime minister proposed to introduce administrative liability for federal officials who violate the standards and procedures of the provision of public services, and later to extend such liability to regional and local authorities.
Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:
Vladimir Putin: Let's begin by exchanging our current information. The spring sowing campaign is almost complete. Ms Skrynnik (addressing Yelena Skrynnik, Minister of Agriculture), how are the things going?
...At the meeting, Vladimir Putin gave special attention to the work of the Strategic Initiatives Agency. Recalling that one of the agency’s core tasks is to remove bureaucratic barriers, the prime minister proposed to introduce administrative liability for federal officials who violate the standards and procedures of the provision of public services, and later to extend such liability to regional and local authorities.
Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:
Vladimir Putin: Let's begin by exchanging our current information. The spring sowing campaign is almost complete. Ms Skrynnik (addressing Yelena Skrynnik, Minister of Agriculture), how are the things going?
Yelena Skrynnik: The spring sowing is 95% complete, and we expect to finish work in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts in the next few days. As planned, spring grain crops have been planted over an area of about 30 million hectares, which is almost 2 million hectares more than last year. Moreover, other crops have been planted over an additional 1 million hectares of land. Our total area of spring crops covers 50 million hectares.
This year we intend to increase the production of buckwheat to 600,000 tonnes – that is, we intend to reach the annual output of the pre-drought period. And as a result of larger planting areas, the sugar beet harvest will also increase. This is our prediction.
We have analysed our crop areas. According to estimates – provided weather is favourable – we expect to harvest 85 million tonnes of grain, which would be enough to meet the country's domestic demand and restore our export capacity. As of this day, the situation looks pretty good.
Vladimir Putin: Good.
Yelena Skrynnik: This is how we assess it.
Vladimir Putin: Thank you.
On June 14, Russia celebrates World Blood Donor Day. Back in 2008, we decided to develop our blood banking system. Please, what is happening in this area? (Addressing Tatyana Golikova, Minister of Healthcare and Social Development)
Tatyana Golikova: In 2008, we decided to include the development of blood services in the national Healthcare project. Of course, this decision came from the understanding that blood components are widely used in all areas of medicine. At the time, there was a shortage in blood and blood components that was felt acutely.
The programme that we adopted as part of the national project took place on three fronts: the modernisation of the blood banking system itself, the establishment of an integrated information system to facilitate blood banking development, and the promotion of blood donation. Recently, the programme has come to include 65 institutions of leading Russian regions, mostly blood transfusion stations fitted with cutting-edge medical equipment. Moreover, we have installed computers and servers at blood banks in order to set up an integrated information network. In 2011, this project has involved 23 Russian regions, and correspondingly 23 blood banking institutions.
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