25 мая 2009 Года
D. Medvedev presented the main budget policy outlines for 2010-2012 at a meeting with Government Cabinet members and the chairmen of the Federal Assembly Upper and Lower Houses  The President outlined a list of the main budget policy priorities for 2010-2012, including:
- fulfil social spending commitments and make them more targeted in nature;
- consistent efforts to reduce the budget deficit and raise the level of undistributed reserves in order to be able to make flexible responses to changes in the economic situation;
- stringent cost-cutting measures to save budget money;
- look for optimum means for supporting the country’s manufacturing and industrial sectors and financial system;
- achieve a radical improvement in the quality of public healthcare, education, and other services, including through ongoing implementation of the priority national projects;
- improve the public procurement system in such a way as to encourage technological modernisation and make manufacturers more effective and competitive;
- set an economically justified tax burden;
- make the authorities at every level of government responsible for spending budget funds effectively;
- complete work on establishing a balanced and reliable pension system;
- establish a support system for people with disabilities in line with the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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