Iran Development Plan
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Developing an Efficient Gov’t Securities Market
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian government is seeking to develop the domestic bond market under the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2017-22).
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Iran Plans to Expand Regional Electricity Exchange
EghtesadOnline: As per the Sixth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2017-22), Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (aka Tavanir) has been obliged to boost the country's…
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Gov’t Allocates Over $87m to Nomads
EghtesadOnline: For the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the government has allocated up to 3.5 trillion rials ($87.5 million) out of revenues earned from value added tax for the…
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$100m Boost for SME Investment Fund
EghtesadOnline: In line with the goals of Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2017-22), a $100 million capital increase in Investment Guarantee Fund for small- and medium-sized enterprises will…
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Tobacco Targets Illusory
EghtesadOnline: Iran will be self-sufficient in the production of tobacco in five years. This is what the designers of Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2017-22) have envisioned, but the plan…
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PBO: 5 Percent Reduction in Operating Budget Targeted
EghtesadOnline: According to Article 28 of the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2017-2022), the government’s current spending should reduce by 5% by the end of the next fiscal year (March 2019),…
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Executive Positions for Women
EghtesadOnline: Women will hold 30% of executive positions and top officials will become eight years younger by the end of the Sixth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2017-22), Vice President…
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$60b annual foreign investment targeted in 6th plan
EghtesadOnline: Deputy Head of the Plan, Budget and Audit Committee of Majlis (Parliament) Hadi Qavami says 60-billion-dollar investment is to be annually absorbed in the course of the Sixth…
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NPC Boosting Urea Output Capacity
EghtesadOnline: Urea production capacity is expected to rise nearly three times from current levels by the end of the sixth five-year economic development plan (2017-22).
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Fishery output to rise 200,000 tons by 2021
EghtesadOnlie: Iran’s annual output of fishery will be increased by 200,000 tons by the end of the country’s Sixth Five-Year National Development Plan (March 2021), Mohammad Pourkazemi, the chairman…
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Food Production Goals Examined
EghtesadOnline: Members of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture’s Agriculture, Water and Food Industries Commission examined the goals of the sixth five-year development…
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Iran Plans to Establish Six Dry Ports
EghtesadOnline: Iran plans to establish six dry ports as per its sixth five-year development plan (2017-22), a deputy minister of roads and urban development said.
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Sixth Plan Zeros In on Banking Problems
EghtesadOnline: The general outlines of the amended “Sixth Five-Year Economic, Cultural and Social Development Plan (fiscal 2017-22)” bill was approved by the parliament late last year (ended…
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7,500 Km of Freeways by 2022
EghtesadOnline: The sixth five-year development plan stipulates that the total length of Iran’s freeways should reach 7,500 kilometers by 2022, which marks the end of the plan, the deputy for…
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30% of VAT Revenues for SMEs
EghtesadOnline: As per the sixth five-year development plan (2017-22), 30% of government revenues earned from value added tax will be used to shore up small- and medium-sized enterprises, according…
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New Tax Rates for Tobacco, Cigarettes
EghtesadOnline: Members of the Iranian Parliament approved on Saturday cigarette and tobacco tax rates, as part of the sixth five-year development plan (2016-21).
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Majlis approves 8% growth rate during 6th Economic Development Plan
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian parliament approved an 8 percent growth rate for the country during the 6th Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2015-2020), it was reported on Monday.