The meeting of the Working Committee to address the im­pact of COVID-19 on the na­tional economy 1/2024 was held yesterday morning at Office No 1, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations.

 

The meeting was chaired by Dr Kan Zaw, Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Eco­nomic Relations and attended by the members of the Working Committee, deputy ministers of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Ho­tels and Tourism, and the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar. Moreover, permanent secretaries and senior officials from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ministry of Planning and Finance, and Ministry of Commerce also at­tended the meeting.

 

The meeting discussed the reimbursement status of K50 billion to the State Revolv­ing Fund and the repayment of K10 billion from K150 billion issued from the 2019-2020 Fi­nancial Year General Reserve Fund (GRF). The total repay­ment amount of K60 billion was disclosed at the meeting. The efforts made by Regional/ State Credit Supervision Teams to collect loan principal, loan repayment situations by busi­nesses which have completed three years of the loan term and one-year loan extension to the businesses from Film, Music, Theatrical, Press and Media Sectors are also updated at the meeting.

 

Moreover, the secretary of the Working Committee, Depu­ty Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Dr Wah Wah Maung, discussed detailed loan repayment moni­toring situations in Regions and States and collaboration with concerned Ministries and credit Supervision Teams, as well as the situation of capital and in­terest return.

 

The meeting also discussed the process to be carried out by the committee, overdue loan recovery plans and procedures, and cooperation and collabo­ration with the departmental concerned. — MIFER