Qatar's Cabinet has approved a 2019 draft budget that includes allocations for plans and projects of Qatar National Vision 2030 and the 2022 World Cup, among others.
According to the Qatar News Agency, the draft general budget has been prepared on the following basis: providing the necessary allocations for the plans and projects of Qatar National Vision 2030 with its various economic, social, human and environmental pillars;
continuing work on increasing non-oil revenues; providing financial allocations for the completion of major projects and projects related to the 2022 World Cup; allocating funds for the development of infrastructure in the economic, industrial and logistic areas; supporting initiatives to develop the business environment and enhance the role of the private sector and its participation in various economic activities; supporting food security projects and allocating funds for the development of land for citizens.
The Cabinet also approved a draft law to approve the budget and to refer the total chapters and sectors of the budget and the draft law to the Advisory Council.
HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani chaired the Cabinet regular meeting, held on Wednesday at its seat at the Amiri Diwan.
At the outset of the meeting, the Cabinet welcomed the results of the official visit of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to Croatia and the State visit to Italy that concluded on November 20.
The Cabinet affirmed that the Amir's visits to the two friendly countries and talks with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Italian President Sergio Mattarella and a number of senior officials in the two countries, as well as the agreements and memorandums of understanding that were signed during the visits have taken bilateral relations between Qatar and these countries to a new stage, opened wide horizons of fruitful and constructive cooperation in various fields and strengthened the existing understanding with them on many regional and international issues of common concern.
The Cabinet approved draft executive decisions of Law No 10 for 2018 regarding Permanent Residence.
The drafts have been prepared within the framework of completing the necessary decisions to activate the provisions of Law No 10 for 2018 on Permanent Residence.
Moreover, the Cabinet approved a draft resolution of the Council of Ministers to determine the duration of the licences of commercial, industrial and general shops and street vendors.
Under the terms of the draft resolution, the licences of commercial, industrial and general stores and vendors are valid for a period of not less than one year and not more than five years, and for a period of three years for domestic businesses and two years for street vendors. The licence period is renewable for a period or other similar periods.
The Cabinet also approved a draft agreement on air services between the Government of Qatar and the Government of Ghana.
It took the necessary procedures for the ratification of the following:
an agreement on the cancellation of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, private and official passports between the Government of Qatar and the Government of Argentina and an agreement of cooperation in the field of environmental and nature protection between Qatar and Ecuador.
The Cabinet reviewed a memorandum of HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs on the outcome of the 16th meeting of the Committee of Ministers in charge of Housing Affairs in the GCC States (Kuwait, October 2018), and took the appropriate decision.
