$230m Earmarked as Agro Export Incentives

In the budget bill proposed to the parliament by the administration of President Hassan Rouhani for the next Iranian year that starts on March 21, 2018, some 10 trillion rials ($238 million) have been allocated to provide incentives for agricultural exports, the spokesman of the parliament’s Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Commission said. “About $2 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran have been allotted for waste management, watershed activities and environment protection,” Mohammad Ali Shaeri added, noting that based on the budget bill, $300 million will be granted to supply water to rural areas as well as nomads, IRNA reported.