Government approves release of 420 million drams for purchase of research equipment
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The government of Armenia has approved today the release of 420 million drams for the purchase of research equipment for science branches such as molecular physics, chemistry, radio electronics and Armenian studies.
The money will be allocated to the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. Previously, no sums were allocated in such amounts for the purchase of scientific equipment, according to Education , Culture and Sports Minister Araik Harutyunyan.
He said a spectrometer was recently acquired, without which it is difficult to conduct research in the field of chemistry.
According to the minister, earlier about 90 million drams per year were allocated to this end, while this year about 320 million drams have already been spent on these purposes. ($ 1 - 476.94 drams). -0-