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Economic Organizational Work Propelled

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

Pyongyang, March 5 (KCNA) -- The Cabinet and the state economic guidance organs of the DPRK are taking positive measures to bring about a radical renovation and substantial change and development in agricultural production and economic construction by thoroughly implementing the resolutions of the Seventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The Cabinet puts its main emphasis on taking practical measures for this year's farming and laying foundation for long-term development of agriculture, true to the intention of the Party Central Committee which set it as an important revolutionary task for national prosperity and development and the promotion of people's well-being to transform the countryside in a revolutionary way.

It set the labor and material support to the countryside as a primary issue in attaining the goal of grain production, the first target of the 12 major goals of national economic development, and is carrying on the detailed planning and organizational work.

The Cabinet and the State Planning Commission have taken measures to preferentially supply materials and equipment needed for the readjustment and reinforcement of existing irrigation facilities and the further expansion of irrigation areas, with the view that the completion of the country's irrigation system is an important work to implement the Party's policy on strongly accelerating the rural development.

Discussed is also the issue for substantially and timely supplying the materials urgently needed for this year's farming.

Meanwhile, measures have been taken to conduct the reclamation of tideland and cultivation of new land in a unified way by turning them into nationwide undertakings and to secure seeds, manpower and technical means necessary for tideland farming in a far-sighted way.

The Cabinet, the State Planning Commission and other economic guidance organs also direct their main efforts to establishing a strict discipline for implementing the national economic plan.

In order to fulfill the national economic plan in every ten days, every month and every quarter, practical steps are taken to give play to the might of self-reliance, science and technology and the collective emulation movement.

Technical step is strengthened to carry out the tasks for improving the state financial and monetary work.

Study and efforts are being made to settle the problems for strengthening the country's financial foundation and financial discipline, improving banking and establishing a scientific national financial system at an early date. -0-