The international, peace supporting operational exercise “Khaan Quest
2010” closed on August 21 at the Tavan Tolgoi Training Area, outside
Ulaanbaatar City. It was co-sponsored by the Mongolian Armed Forces
(MAF) and the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), and executed by U.S. Army
Pacific, with support from the U.S. State Department.
The Government of Mongolian with the help of the World Bank is
implementing the Index-Based Livestock Insurance Program (IBLIP) since
2006.
Insurance is provided through partnering with local private insurance
companies such as “Mongol Insurance”, “Bodi Insurance”, “Prime
Insurance” and “Practical Insurance”. Last year alone, out of MNT1.8
billion planned to grant as compensation of the index based livestock
insurance, the Government started to allocate MNT622 million to herders
from 48 soums of four provinces, through Khan Bank of Mongolia.
The Government is to pay for students’ tuition fee for second half of
academic year from the Human Development Fund beginning from 2011,
states the Prime Minister S.Batbold.
The U.S military delegation led by the Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Defense Department of the United
States of America Wallace Gregson is in Ulaanbaatar for a working visit.
On Wednesday, cabinet meeting passed a decision to reduce excise tax on
“A-80” petroleum imported through such border checkpoints as Sukhbaatar,
Zamin-Uud, Ereentsav and Altanbulag.
Flour manufacturing companies of the country had a collusion to raise
the price of flour on August 2, says the Authority for Fair Competition
and Consumer Protection (AFCCP).
Not the ‘my neighbor drove over my cat, how can I get revenge?’ kind of
drama,...
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