The Deputy Prime Minister during a working visit to the North Kazakhstan region visited the villages of Astrakhanka and Poltavka
where he met with resettler from labor-scarce regions of the country. 
Yeraly Tugzhanov got acquainted with the living conditions of the arriving families
More than 11,000 people have moved to the region since 2016
The retention rate of the newcomers is 94%
The program helped to decrease the shortage of human resources twice in 5 years
One of those who came to the North Kazakhstan region for permanent residence is Fatima Nabiyeva
The woman moved to the north from the Mangystau region
She now works as a general practitioner at a local outpatient clinic
"Northern Kazakhstan has welcomed me hospitably
It has a comfortable climate and good living conditions
They gave me all the necessary quotas," Fatima Nabiyeva said
about 500 families have received grants and loans worth 270 million tenge and have opened their own businesses
2,500 people will have moved to the region
Already 200 families are ready to start their own business
"We are seeing real examples of how villages are developing
Comprehensive assistance is provided to the resettlers
People from different regions of the country come to the North Kazakhstan
Turkestan and Mangystau regions have moved here," Deputy Prime Minister noted
A 40-seat kindergarten was opened here at the expense of Poltavskoye LLP
The construction cost is 340 million tenge
The entrepreneurs have also introduced a successful practice of supporting subsistence farming of the villagers in Poltavka
Residents can buy ten-day-old calves from the LLP and raise them for sale
So everyone can start from scratch to develop their own smallholding
Then the Deputy Prime Minister met with five families who came to Petropavlovsk from labour-scarce regions
Alageum Electric JSC provided them with service housing
The company renovated a former dormitory building for its employees with 40 apartments
Now the company is building a 104-apartment building for its employees
Yeraly Tugzhanov held a meeting on the resettlement of citizens and increasing incomes
In the North Kazakhstan region this year it will be created 13 thousand new working places
for today it is created more than 11 thousand working places from which 72 % are permanent
It was formed a pool of 42 investment projects totaling 583 billion tenge with the creation of more than 5 thousand new permanent jobs
This year 19 investment projects worth 53 billion tenge will be launched and more than 1,300 new permanent jobs will be created
The work on employment of citizens within the framework of the National Project for the Development of Entrepreneurship is carried out
Funding for this purpose increased fourfold from 1.4 to 6 billion tenge
Employment of young people is provided within the framework of the First Workplace
Youth Practice and Contract of Generations projects
Since the beginning of the year more than 3.5 thousand young people have been employed in the region
More than 6 thousand people will be employed by the end of the year
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