Almaty. December 23. Kazakhstan Today - The assistant akim of Almaty, Askar Smankulov, informed that 70 billion KZT will be allocated from the local budget for the State purchase-2009 action carried out by the akimat of Almaty on purchase of the necessary products, the agency reports. As informed earlier, Almaty akimat has been carrying out the State purchase-2009 from December, 22 till December, 25th. "The action is being carried out for the first time. All the managers of the budget -2009 of Almaty are taking part in it," the chairman of Business and Industry Department, Bahytzhan Sapiev said. According to B. Sapiev, the action is necessary so that more Almaty manufacturers and service providers could receive this information, be prepared for competitions and participate in and win in the beginning of the next year."