The Ministry for SMEs said in a press release Monday the 2015 state budget lacks a budget allocated for the scheme and it will take steps to require such an allocation at this year’s first budget revision.
The scheme was introduced in 2013 to benefit SMEs that make investments and create new jobs. The budget for the scheme was set at RON500 million and payment s were to be made until the end of 2015.
For 2014, the scheme was allotted a budget of RON250 million and nearly 650 businesses benefited from funding and created 2,300 new jobs, according to former SMEs minister Florin Jianu.