ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 12. One-third of
Kazakhstan’s rural district budgets are generated through their own
revenues, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said,
Trend reports via the press office of the Kazakh President.
Tokayev made the remarks on March 12 during the III Republican
Forum of Deputies of Maslikhats (local representative bodies) of
all levels held in Astana.
According to the president, rural district budgets exceeded 442
billion tenge ($896.6 million) in 2025, while the average budget of
rural districts reached 190 million tenge ($385,425). Tokayev
described these figures as a strong indicator of the growing
capacity of local authorities.
He also noted that starting this year rural district budgets
will receive additional sources of revenue, including taxes on the
extraction of common minerals, as well as payments for the use of
groundwater and therapeutic mud.
According to Tokayev, the government is currently considering
transferring part of the property tax paid by legal entities and
individual entrepreneurs to fourth-level budgets. In addition,
revenues from certain licensing fees and environmental fines may
also be redirected to regional budgets.
He emphasized that such an approach ensures that revenues
contribute to the development of the territories where they are
generated, adding that local representative bodies must ensure
effective oversight of the use of these resources.
