Pilot implementation of Nur Kubat project has begun in Kyrgyzstan. Press service of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration reported.
According to it, the project is being implemented jointly with the Ministry of Energy.
Solar panels with a capacity from 5 to 10 kilowatts per hour will be installed free of charge in the homes of low-income families living in Chui and Zhaiyl districts.
«All the electric energy generated by the solar panels will be used by the beneficiaries of ui-bulogo komok allowance, and the state will buy the excess,» the Labor Minister Kudaibergen Bazarbaev said.
In case of successful implementation of the pilot project, it is planned to cover low-income families throughout the country.
At present, 106,700 families receive the ui-bulogo komok allowance.
