Industrial output is to reach 210% by 2012 as against 2002 and industrial production is to grow by 44.1% in 2007. Labour productivity is to double in 2012 as against 2002 and to grow by 33.6% in 2007.
Industrial export is expected to grow by 29.4% in 2007 as against 2002 and the share of Russian-made foodstuffs in the overall volume of food sales on the domestic market is to rise to 67.68% in 2007 as against 66% in 2002.
The share of wage arrears in the monthly wage fund is to be reduced to zero by 2009, said the source. According to the government plans, the figure is to go down from 6.8% in 2004 to 1% of the monthly wage fund by 2007. Unemployment is to drop from 8.44% now to 8.1% in 2007.
The ratio between an average pension and the subsistence pension should be 113% by 2007 as against 107% in 2004. The per capita provision of housing is to grow to 21.5 square metres by 2007 (20.3 square metres in 2004).
The government also plans to raise health and life safety standards. In particular, by 2012, infant mortality rate is to be reduced to six babies dying by the age of 12 months per 1,000 of live newborns (it is 11.7 now). The life expectancy of babies born in 2007 should be 66.6 years.
The provision of medicines to socially protected categories should be doubled by 2008. The aggregate number of homeless children should be reduced from 2.98% in 2004 to 2.53% by 2007. The involvement of children in general education programmes should grow to 95% in 2007 (the figure is 89% now).
The international rating agency Standard & Poor's can upgrade Russia's sovereign rating under long-term obligations in foreign currency to BB+ this year, said the source in the government. "Russia's rating can be upgraded to BB+ this year," he said, provided Russia takes a package of measures. The government hopes the rating to be raised to BBB+ by 2007 and A by 2012.
