EghtesadOnline: The mining sector’s impact is not limited to promoting economic growth, its contribution to the creation of equal employment opportunities, poverty alleviation, advancement of social justice and sustainable economic development is also consequential, says Amir-Hesam Es’haqi, a university professor, in a write-up on IRNA.

EghtesadOnline: Resources of Bank Maskan’s Housing Savings Account, the mortgage loan program of the state-run bank, reached 87.56 trillion rials ($729.74 million) by the end of the Iranian month Dey (Jan. 20), registering an 8.5% rise year-on-year.

EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the agent bank of Iran’s housing sector, has released the latest report on its resources and expenses, indicating that its customers mostly favor short-term deposits.

EghtesadOnline: Underground water resources in the parched Isfahan Province are disappearing by 3.6 billion cubic meters per annum, head of the Water Conservation Department of the provincial water company said.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 56.5 trillion rials ($245.11 million) have been paid as part of coronavirus package from the National Development Fund of Iran, ISNA quoted Hamid Pour-Asghari, an official with the Plan and Budget Organization of Iran, as saying.

EghtesadOnline: Underground water resources meet close to 57% of the domestic water demand from households, farming and industries. The balance (43%) comes from renewable resources.

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers allowed the government on Sunday to withdraw €2.37 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran to be paid in foreign currency for completing national projects in the next fiscal that starts on March 21.