INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - The nationwide budget plan costs for the next Iranian calendar year 1402, which begins on March 21, has actually allocated about 37
trillion rials ($92 million) for science and technology.The expense increased the spending plan by 35 percent compared to the current years
budget plan, ISNA reported.The vice presidency for science and technology was formed in 2006 with the goal of creating an environment for
supporting knowledge-based business and offering the ground for the development of technological industries.An overall of 8,034
knowledge-based business have so far been developed throughout the country.President Ebrahim Raisi submitted the administrations draft of
the national spending plan costs for the next Iranian fiscal year 1402, which begins on March 21, to the Majlis on January 11
The proposed budget totaled up to about 52.616 quadrillion rials (about $131 billion), with a 40 percent rise from the existing years
budget.The president pointed out stable economic growth, individualss income, observing justice, and efficiency of the federal government
system as the main methods of the spending plan expense and mentioned: In this expense, the establishment of a development and justice fund
in all provinces is visualized so that the advancement credits of the provinces are paid methodically
Support plansLeader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei designated the existing Iranian fiscal year as the year of
Production: Knowledge-Based and Job-Creating
Over the past couple of years, the concept of knowledge-based company has actually altered to knowledge-based society, suggesting that
supporting knowledge-based business will lead to lots of social and economic benefits for the public.The Leader reemphasized the
significance of increasing domestic production, as he had carried out in past years, saying the reason he placed so much emphasis on
production was because it enhances economic development, it develops employment, it minimizes inflation, it increases per capita income and
it enhances public welfare
To this end, the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has executed and supported several tasks towards the objective of boosting
knowledge-based production.Moreover, the advancement of an innovation ecosystem is on the agenda, according to which 65 homes of innovation
have been set up across the country.The Innovation and Prosperity Fund has paid a total of 240 trillion rials (almost $600 million) to
support knowledge-based companies over the last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2021-March 2022)
Homes of innovationThe Vice Presidency for Science and Technology likewise supports the establishment of development homes in other nations
to establish the export of knowledge-based products.Exporting technological items of Iranian knowledge-based business is among the crucial
and essential programs of the vice presidency for science and technology, and in this regard over the past years, with the assistance of the
Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, the Iranian houses of innovation have been established in a number of nations to develop the
international market for knowledge-based products.These centers have actually currently been set up in nations such as Russia, Turkey,
China, Syria, Kenya, Armenia, and Iraq.By supporting innovative concepts, and holding technological and innovative occasions, the centers
will be a platform for the development and promotion of Iranian knowledge-based business, start-ups, and creative industries.The centers are
primarily formed with the financial investment and assistance of the private sector to provide the required infrastructure for their exports
through innovation houses.In order to supply technological options to national difficulties, a strategic technology advancement head office
was formed and 362,000 technological tasks and 154 commercialization tasks were supported, in addition to the inauguration of 23 nationwide
mega projects.Moreover, in the field of development and entrepreneurship environment development, 65 imaginative homes and development
centers, and 30 specialized accelerators have been developed, as well as empowering and strengthening the export capability of
knowledge-based, creative, and technological companies.MG
