UNDER 2010 DRAFT STATE BUDGET, ALLOCATIONS TO MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS AMOUNT TO 241.27 BILLION DRAMS
Noyan Tapan
Nov 5, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Under the 2010 draft state budget,
allocations to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will amount
to 241.27bn drams, Minister Gevorg Petrosian said at the November 5
press conference. Financing for the program of social pensions will
make 6.514bn drams. The basic amount of pensions will be the same -
8 thousand drams, while the average amount will make 10.104 drams
(26.5 USD).
The value of one year of insurance service will be 450 drams, the
average monthly pension will make about 26 thousand drams. It is
envisaged leaving unchanged the monthly amount of honorary payments
to veterans - 20 thousand drams.
The minister announced that the total expenditures on family allowances
and one-off benefits will amount to 31,023m drams.
Allocations of 4.536m drams are envisaged for unemployment benefits:
the montly amount of an unemployment bebefit to be paid for 10 months
is 18 thousand drams.
The average price of a patient's treatment a day was left unchanged
- 11,500 drams. Expenditures on the provision of prosthetic devices
to disabled persons and the repair of such devices are envisaged to
total 857.5m drams. Allocations for wheel chairs and hearing aids
of disabled persons will amount to 119.2m drams in 2010. 450 wheel
chairs, 1,100 hearing aids made in Russia, and 218 hearing aids made
in Europe will be purchased with this money.
Noyan Tapan
Nov 5, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Under the 2010 draft state budget,
allocations to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will amount
to 241.27bn drams, Minister Gevorg Petrosian said at the November 5
press conference. Financing for the program of social pensions will
make 6.514bn drams. The basic amount of pensions will be the same -
8 thousand drams, while the average amount will make 10.104 drams
(26.5 USD).
The value of one year of insurance service will be 450 drams, the
average monthly pension will make about 26 thousand drams. It is
envisaged leaving unchanged the monthly amount of honorary payments
to veterans - 20 thousand drams.
The minister announced that the total expenditures on family allowances
and one-off benefits will amount to 31,023m drams.
Allocations of 4.536m drams are envisaged for unemployment benefits:
the montly amount of an unemployment bebefit to be paid for 10 months
is 18 thousand drams.
The average price of a patient's treatment a day was left unchanged
- 11,500 drams. Expenditures on the provision of prosthetic devices
to disabled persons and the repair of such devices are envisaged to
total 857.5m drams. Allocations for wheel chairs and hearing aids
of disabled persons will amount to 119.2m drams in 2010. 450 wheel
chairs, 1,100 hearing aids made in Russia, and 218 hearing aids made
in Europe will be purchased with this money.