YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government amended the 2019 budget, increasing revenues and spending by 489 million drams.

The money was allocated to provinces for the implementation of various program. 200 million was allocated to the Province of Lori, 100 million to Armavir, 124 million to Aragatsotn, 58 million to Vayots Dzor and 5 million to Ararat.

Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan told the Cabinet that the programs are mainly aimed at capital investments in communities, namely for improvement of streets, parks and playing grounds, construction and restoration of buildings, cultural homes and kindergartens, construction of water pipelines, gasification and installation of street lightings.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan