HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 28 (ACN) The celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution will precede the implementation, starting on January 1st, of new measures laid down in the Government’s plans to correct mistakes and boost the economy in 2024 through steps to incentivize the production of goods and services, which will contribute to national development and improve people’s quality of life, according to Alejandro Gil Fernández, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning (MEP), and Vladimir Regueiro Ale, Minister of Finance and Prices (MFP).
The officials remarked that the said measures include regulations to reduce tariffs on intermediate products and raise them on finished goods to eliminate tax exemptions and tackle tax evasion, as well as to fuel the State Budget, among others related to a future rise in the price of fuel, electricity, gas and public transportation.
Gil Fernández stressed that the new measures announced to the Parliament by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz are neither neoliberal formulas nor steps to privatize services or weaken the State’s role. Instead, they will benefit the country and its people, he said.
On his end, Regueiro Ale pointed out that the 2024 State Budget provides for the sustainability of social sectors or services such as health, education, culture and sports at a time when supply has dropped and people find it hard to fulfill their needs, hence the need to crack down on abusive and speculative prices and address today’s rate of inflation.
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