Preparation for spring field work, fight against aviakerosene and increase the salaries of state employees will be the themes of the day of the meeting of the Russian government on Thursday.

As reported in the press service of the Cabinet, one of the issues on the agenda of the meeting will be preparations for the spring field agricultural works in 2018.

Another item on the agenda is the need to support regional budgets in connection with the upcoming may 1 to raise the minimum wage to the subsistence minimum. "Funds in the amount of 20 billion rubles for the provision of subsidies to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on increase of wages of workers of budgetary sphere", - noted in the Cabinet.

The government will consider a draft law associated with the regulation of production and turnover of ethanol. "The bill, in particular, introduced the concept of "bioethanol", defines the procedure of licensing of production, storage and supply of bioethanol. Provide for special requirements on the equipment of the main process equipment used for the production of bioethanol, with automated tools measuring and accounting of concentration of denaturing substances into bioethanol, - stated in the message. - Imposes a ban on the production of enterprises engaged in the production of bio-ethanol, ethyl alcohol from food raw material".

The Cabinet noted that the bill will contribute to the development of bioenergy, in particular biotechnologies, allowing to obtain energy from renewable raw materials.