Financing knowledge bases is one of the country’s priorities
The Minister of Economy at the presentation ceremony of the achievements of the banking network in financing knowledge-based companies:
According to the financial news report from public relations Workers’ Welfare Bank According to Shada, Seyyed Ahsan Khandozi, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, said in this ceremony, which was organized by the Presidential Innovation and Prosperity Fund and with the presence of the President’s Deputy for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy and the CEOs of the banks, he said: I thank all those who are active in the knowledge-based field and try to make Iran’s economy smell of knowledge instead of the smell of oil, and know that you are the future of Iran’s economy.
He added: In this direction, the efforts of the bank managers are also commendable because they are trying to direct the country’s old credit policies, including facilities, guarantees, etc., to a new destination, and I am one of the bank’s CEOs in this ceremony. I seriously request that if the ceiling of the central bank is not an obstacle, that part of the facility in Note 18 that should be allocated to the knowledge-based companies introduced by the fund must be completed by March of this year so that there is no delay. Other companies applying for credits should direct them to new tools and of course, capital market managers should also help knowledge-based companies.
Dr. Khandozi further said: In the 13th government, we established a section specifically to support knowledge-based productions, and through this, we opened a special line for these companies, and we tried to shorten the path and the preconditions that complicated the system. We will make the administrative steps of this company as smooth as possible so that we can play a worthy role in their financing.
The Minister of Economy emphasized: If we are not worried about the diversion of resources and we are sure that these resources will affect production and lead to the growth of the supply side of the economy, that is, it will not have an inflationary effect and will benefit the producer. We have to open a special path.
He stated that according to the information that was announced to me; 1500 billion Tomans will be signed between the Presidential Innovation and Prosperity Fund and 3 banks. He said: The capacity of the knowledge-based production leap law gives the banks the opportunity to have a direct investment path according to this law.
The Minister of Economy expressed hope for these common thoughts and opinions, especially in issues such as new financing tools, special deposit capital certificates and other methods and foreign currency Islamic financial bonds, chain financing and other sectors that are under construction; To strengthen knowledge-based companies in the country.
Referring to the intellectual property valuation regulation, he said: This regulation is very important for these companies and it was announced, and if the validation system can reflect this valuation correctly; The value of young people, the value of brains, the value of networks and communications will be reflected in the economic valuation and with the help of these 2 wings of financing, Danesh Baniyan will fly.
Khandoozi has been displayed in the exhibition of products of knowledge-based companies that were produced and marketed with the support of the country’s banking complex; He told the reporters: Here, a small part of knowledge-based products and productions and knowledge-based companies, supported by the research and technology funds of the country’s banking network and the Presidential Innovation and Prosperity Fund, has been exhibited, and we have seen the results of the products. And their results are in different fields of agriculture, economy, industry, energy, etc.
The Minister of Economy stated that last year, the field of knowledge-based economy accounted for nearly 2% of the country’s GDP. He added: This number was higher than in 1400, which was about 1.6 percent.
He further said: Last year, the country’s banking network allocated about 140 thousand billion tomans of facilities to knowledge-based companies, and of course half of this amount was paid to special knowledge-based products. In addition to this financing, one hundred thousand billion tomans of bank guarantees were issued by the country’s banking network for knowledge-based companies.
Dr. Khandozi further pointed to the period of very rapid growth and the existence of extraordinary capacities in the country from the network of elites and inventors and innovators and stated: We hope that with the rest of the control policies in the field of liquidity, we will be able to consider a higher capacity for knowledge-based products. .
The Minister of Economy emphasized: especially helping the financing tools and infrastructure of knowledge-based companies, which can be a currency earner for the country and the conqueror of export markets, and the country’s needs to import knowledge-based products to a minimum or zero. deliver; It is one of the country’s financing priorities.
It should be mentioned that, in the continuation of this ceremony, the biosphere report of knowledge-based companies was unveiled for the fourth consecutive year, with the presence of Dr. Khandozi and Mohammad Sadeq Khayatian, the head of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund. The purpose of preparing this report is an attempt to understand the capacities of knowledge-based companies.