Transactions via Hukoomi rise by over 85% in Jan 05 Mar 2021 - 10:40 The Peninsula The number of people using Hukoomi, Qatar’s official e-government portal, has risen sharply in January this year. Total transactions via Hukoomi surged 85.1 percent during January this year, compared to the same month in 2020 while the transactions registered an increase of 11.5 percent compared to December 2020, according to monthly statistics released yesterday by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA). One of the most noticeable changes in this issue is the rise in Qatar Stock Exchange Index, which reached 10,474 points during January 2021, a monthly increase of 0.4 percent compared to December 2020, and an annual rise of 0.3% compared to January 2020. As per the 85th issue of the ‘Qatar; Monthly Statistics’ bulletin, there was an increase in number of ships arriving at Qatar’s ports and total net tonnage of ships, at a monthly rate of 2 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively (compared to December 2020). Regarding the data of building permits issued, 1,382 permits were allotted in January 2021, recording a monthly increase of 42.2 percent and an annual rise of 98.6 percent. The demographic statistics revealed that Qatar’s total population has decreased from 2.77 million during January 2020 to 2.67 million at the end of January 2021. In traffic accident cases except the accidents without injuries, a total of 661 traffic cases were recorded during January 2021, showing a monthly increase of 5.1 percent and an annual decrease of 4.6 percent.