A presidential decree dated November 10 provides for the establishment of the New Tashkent city administration. It will be responsible for managing the city and overseeing public services, social facilities and infrastructure until a separate administrative-territorial unit is established under the special legal regime, or “regulatory sandbox”.
The mayor of New Tashkent will be appointed and dismissed by the president. The administration and government agencies operating in the city will be funded from the national budget.
At the initial stage, the city administration will have 14 staff positions, including three deputy mayors, a chief accountant and a legal adviser. A total of 30 additional positions will be allocated to other government agencies in New Tashkent, including:
- four positions at the tax inspectorate;
- three in the department of economy and finance;
- two in the department of construction and housing and communal services;
- two in the department of investment, industry and trade;
- two in the department of employment and poverty reduction;
- two in the department of family and women’s affairs;
- two at the medical association.
The Cabinet of Ministers has 10 days to develop a set of organisational and technical measures related to the establishment of the New Tashkent administration. Proposals on the future city’s administrative-territorial status are expected by mid-February.
The Interior Ministry, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Prosecutor General’s Office and other law enforcement agencies will establish their own units in the city within their existing staffing limits. They have one month to do so.
The former New Tashkent project office building will be temporarily provided to the city administration free of charge.
The decree also addresses the relocation to the future city of government agencies and companies in which the state holds a 50% or larger stake. Businesses will be allowed to purchase land through the E-auksion platform to construct buildings based on special designs. Once the buildings are commissioned, they can be leased to government agencies on a long-term basis or transferred to them through instalment payments.
The former buildings of relocated organisations will initially be put up for auction on E-auksion on the condition that the full purchase price is paid within 30 days. If no buyer is found, the lots will be offered again with an instalment period of up to 12 months.
For each subsequent auction, the instalment period will be extended by one year. Under the privatisation decree dated August 28, the maximum instalment period will be seven years.
After privatisation, the land plots in Tashkent occupied by the former buildings of government agencies will be removed from conservation zones. The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to prepare the relevant amendments to the capital’s master plan within one month.
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