Of this amount, as clarified by the Deputy Minister, $32.7 million will be provided as a grant, and $994 million will be in the form of a loan for 25 years with an interest rate of 1.5% and a grace period of 5 years.The distribution of the received funds will be as follows:
- support for the economy — $400 million;
- development of energy, including the construction of the Kambar-Ata HPP-1 — $362.7 million;
- water resources and irrigation — $180.2 million;
- digitalization — $61 million.
In response, Akzholov reported that as of November 30, the total state debt amounts to $8 billion 850 million, of which $5 billion 288 million is external debt, and $3 billion 561.5 million is internal debt. He noted that it is expected that the size of the debt after receiving funds from the IDA will remain virtually unchanged.
