According to Maxim Reshetnikov, Russian Minister of economic development, the number of business inspections in April this year decreased by 15 times compared to April last year, He said so on May, 27, during the "government hour" in The state Duma.
The head of the Department noted that the first legislative package of decisions on reducing the administrative burden, supported by deputies at the end of March, was unprecedented both in terms of speed of adoption and scale, including in comparison with regulatory changes in other countries. The second package of these measures was approved by the state Duma last week, he recalled.
"The government's initiatives had two goals. To minimize all unproductive business expenses for the period of coronavirus and minimize contacts between people, " the Minister stressed.
Three groups of solutions are aimed at this, -he continued. First, there is a moratorium on almost all the inspections of entrepreneurs. "Only in April and May, this freed the business from 150 thousand verification measures. Our monitoring shows that in April 2020, if compared with April 2019, the number of inspections decreased by 15 times," Maxim Reshetnikov said.
"Thanks to your support, the moratorium was extended for the first time to medium - sized companies and non-profit organizations," he addressed the parliamentarians. - Our survey in the "secret buyer" mode shows that 3/4 of the companies confirmed the cancellation or suspension of inspections."
According to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, the checks that will need to be carried out are moving to the remote format. "We hope that this decision will become the norm for inspections even after the epidemiological situation stabilizes," he concluded.