Wednesday Afternoon Iraq Economic News Highlights 8-3-22
Wednesday Afternoon Iraq Economic News Highlights 8-3-22
The Ministry Of Oil Announces The Completion Of Drilling A New Well In The Zubair Field (Photos)
Iraq 11:56 - 08-03-2022 Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of Oil announced the completion of drilling a new oil well in the Zubair field.
The Director General of the Iraqi Drilling Company affiliated with the ministry, Basem Abdul Karim Nasser, said in a statement, "The company's technical and engineering staff have completed drilling the seventh well within the contract concluded with the Italian ENI Company to drill 37 oil wells in the Zubair oil right."
He added that "drilling operations are being carried out using the IDC37 drilling rig at a depth of (3547) meters, and the company has allocated two modern devices to implement this project," pointing to "the development of work mechanisms in the company in accordance with international standards with regard to safety systems, engineering inspection, concepts of quality management and environmental requirements in operating the devices.
" With international companies and activating the trend in working with the national effort as well, especially in the field of quality, health, occupational safety and the environment.” He stated that " https://kirkuktv.net/AR/Details/7972
The Ministry Of Planning Clarifies The Mechanism For Deduction From Salaries In The Job Number Platform
Iraq 18:24 - 08-02-2022 Today, Tuesday, the Federal Ministry of Planning confirmed the completion of the work of the job number platform, and while it specified the deduction mechanism and its duration from the nominal salary, it confirmed that the launch of the project depends on one procedure.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Planning, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, said, "The job number is an electronic platform that includes detailed data on all Iraqi state employees," noting that "the Ministry of Planning began establishing the platform through a cabinet decision issued in 2017, which was not completed during that period, and it was initially completed. year 2021.”
He pointed out that "data of more than 3 million and 250 thousand employees have been entered so far," explaining that "there will be a 1% deduction from the employee's nominal salary for one time when he obtains the job number, and the deduction will be made again by 1%, in the event that The employee is promoted.
He added, "The Ministry of Planning has completed its work with the job number project, which is now in its final stages, and launching work on the platform and linking it to salaries depends on the issuance of a decision by the Council of Ministers." https://kirkuktv.net/AR/Details/7959
A New Deduction Awaits Employees
Posted On2022-08-03 By Sotaliraq Yesterday, Tuesday, the Ministry of Planning talked about the completion of the work of the job number platform, and while it specified the deduction mechanism and its duration from the nominal salary, it confirmed that the launch of the project depends on one procedure.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Planning, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the job number is an electronic platform that includes detailed data on all Iraqi state employees,” noting that “the Ministry of Planning has started to establish the platform through the Cabinet’s decision issued in 2017. To be completed during that period, and was completed at the beginning of 2021.”
He pointed out, “The data of more than 3 million and 250 thousand employees has been entered so far,” explaining that “there will be a 1% deduction from the employee’s nominal salary for one time when he obtains the job number, and the deduction will be made again by 1%, in the event that the employee obtains on a promotional level.”
He added, "The Ministry of Planning has completed its work with the job number project, which is now in its final stages, and launching work on the platform and linking it to salaries depends on the issuance of a decision by the Council of Ministers." LINK
Oil Prices Are Falling Again
Economie 2022-08-03 | 01:43 1,176 views Several factors influence the demand outlook, including growing fears of an economic recession in the United States andEuropeDebt distress in emerging market economies, and the policy ofChinaCOVID-zero limiting activity in the world's largest oil importer.
A stronger dollar, buoyed by comments from US Federal Reserve officials who hinted at an increase in interest rates to cool inflation, also affected oil prices as a firmer US dollar makes oil more expensive for holders of other currencies. LINK
Transportation Reveals The Date Of Completion Of Railway Plans Linking Iraq With Turkey
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Economy News – Baghdad Minister of Transport Nasser Al-Shibli announced, on Monday, that the plans for designs of new railways, starting from the port of Faw to Turkey, will be completed by the end of this month.
Al-Shibli told the official news agency, "The railways were established since the forties of the last century, and as a result of the passage of time, they were depreciated and are now dilapidated, but the ministry was able during this period to restore a number of railways from Baghdad to Mosul and from Baghdad to Basra and make them ready for work." .
He added: "In Samawah, the company is also currently working there, in addition to the western region, where the railway is working. As for the train that crosses the Euphrates side, it was destroyed by ISIS terrorist gangs, and it was agreed with the governorate to work on rehabilitating the bridge and returning it to work."
He continued, "We signed with the Italian company a contract to develop new designs starting from the port of Faw to Turkey, where the link will be between the east and the west and between Turkey and the port of Faw, and this will also be through it several branches of roads," noting that "these plans will be completed at the end of the eighth month." .
With regard to locomotives, the minister said: "We have Chinese locomotives that have been entered since 2014, and we have old locomotives whose speed has become slow due to being overrun on the roads, whether those abuses were by citizens or by construction near the railways by trespassers."
Planning: The Percentage Of Work In The Private Sector Reached 88 Percent
Money and business Economy News-Baghdad The Ministry of Planning acknowledged the government's inability to provide job opportunities for all the unemployed, in the absence of the role of the private sector .
Undersecretary for Administrative Affairs Azhar Hussein Saleh said in a press statement, "The ministry is working, in addition to preparing the draft law, to educate and raise awareness of the importance of the private sector, and constantly strives to amend laws and reduce the differences between the public and private sectors ."
She added that the percentage of work in the private sector reached 88 percent, so the country is still among the developing countries, as the developed countries have a percentage of work in this vital sector to 96 percent .
Saleh pointed out that the country is currently suffering from an increase in orientation towards public jobs, due to the lack of laws and the lack of real job opportunities in light of the challenges it has faced during the past years .
And she indicated, "The government cannot provide job opportunities for everyone according to the current development standards, so it is imperative that the private sector participate, which should be supported by the state, to create a healthy society and increase its positive repercussions in general ."
She pointed to the need for supporting laws that give workers in the private sector credibility and reassurance, especially the Social Security Law, which guarantees the worker his rights in the event of an injury that causes him to lose the ability to work, in addition to the Home Employment Security Law issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to guarantee the rights of the domestic worker as a servant. https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=29108
Parliamentary Committee: Rehabilitating Sinjar Will Cost $10 Billion
Posted On2022-08-03 By Sotaliraq A committee in the House of Representatives reported that Nineveh’s Sinjar district needs $10 billion to rebuild it as a result of the destruction it suffered due to its occupation by the terrorist organization ISIS, while the Popular Mobilization Authority announced a security operation between the governorate’s borders and Salah al-Din.
The head of the Parliamentary Services Committee, MP Mahma Khalil, said, "The Iraqi government has been reluctant to disregard the Sinjar district, and the local government is violating the rights of the judiciary," referring to "the theft of funds allocated to the region."
Khalil added, "The frozen funds amounted to 28 billion dinars, of which 13 billion dinars were spent, while 15 billion dinars are still missing." He pointed out that "Sinjar's entitlement to the Emergency Food Security Support Law amounts to more than 300 billion dinars, which has not been allocated so far." Khalil talked about the possibility of "prosecuting the local government and the federal government, if there are any suspicions of corruption in this file." As for the need for the Sinjar district to be allocated for its complete reconstruction, Khalil replied, “Sinjar needs about 10 billion dollars, to rebuild all its sectors and compensate the affected people.”
And the American magazine (Newsweek) had confirmed earlier that the Sinjar district of Nineveh Governorate is still devastated by the war, despite the passage of years since it was liberated from the terrorist organization ISIS, pointing out that his Yazidi children cannot return and suffer from neglect at the internal and external levels. According to the statistics of the General Directorate of Yazidi Affairs, 6,417 Yazidi citizens were martyred or kidnapped during the ISIS war in 2014, while about 120,000 others emigrated outside the country.
On the eighth of last June, the Iraqi parliament voted on the emergency support law for food security and development. It is noteworthy that the number of displaced people from Sinjar district who live in the Kurdistan region is 330,000, 40,000 of whom live outside the camps.
According to the statistics of the mayor of Sinjar, the displaced constitute 75% of the district’s population. And the Popular Mobilization media said in a statement that Al-Mada received a copy of it, that "a force from the 51st Brigade of the PMF and the security forces carried out a security operation to secure the borders between the governorates of Salah al-Din and Nineveh."
The statement added, "A force from the Salah al-Din Operations Command for the Mobilization, represented by the 51st Brigade, with the participation of a force from the Anti-Terrorism Service, the Salah al-Din Regiment and the 91st Army Brigade, began to search and secure the border strip separating Salah al-Din and Nineveh." He pointed out, "The operation witnessed a survey and inspection of areas from Al-Sakurat to the Mijbas Al-Ghanima area and the cleansing of all tunnels and valleys."
The statement continued, "The Salah al-Din Operations Command for the Mobilization continues its operations in various regions within the sector of responsibility in accordance with the drawn security plans." He pointed out, "The operation witnessed a survey and inspection of areas from Al-Sakurat to the Mijbas Al-Ghanima area and the cleansing of all tunnels and valleys."
The statement continued, "The Salah al-Din Operations Command for the Mobilization continues its operations in various regions within the sector of responsibility in accordance with the drawn security plans." He pointed out, "The operation witnessed a survey and inspection of areas from Al-Sakurat to the Mijbas Al-Ghanima area and the cleansing of all tunnels and valleys."
The statement continued, "The Salah al-Din Operations Command for the Mobilization continues its operations in various regions within the sector of responsibility in accordance with the drawn security plans."
The areas between the governorates of Salah al-Din, Nineveh, Kirkuk and Diyala are considered weak in security and witness the presence of some detachments of the terrorist organization ISIS, which began to be active during the past few days, taking advantage of the state of political conflict in the country and the delay in forming the government. LINK