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TIGHTENED CONTROL IN PENSIONS PAYMENT HELPS SAVE 3.3 BILLION DRAMS OF BUDGET MONEY
/ARKA/
MAY 12, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, May 12. / ARKA /.Tightened control over the sphere of pensions
payment has helped save 3.3 billion drams of budget money in the first
quarter of 2011, Ishkhan Zakarian, head of the parliament~Rs Audit
Chamber said today, when reporting to lawmaker on the activities of
the agency in 2010.
He said inspections conducted in 2010 by Audit Chamber revealed
numerous violations in pensions payment system, including incorrect
calculation of seniority, payment of pensions to deceased people and
to persons alleged to be WW II veterans. He said old-age and retirement
pensions applications worth one million drams were submitted on behalf
of people who died years ago.
"As a result of inspections we have found that about 59,000 deceased
people were put on the list of eligible pensioners between 2008 and
2010, ~Q said Zakarian, adding these revelations led to sacking of
Vazgen Khachikian, head of the Pension Fund.
Zakarian said a review of pensioners list and removing dead people
alone helped to save 3.308 billion drams. He also said according to
Haypost (Armenian Postal Service) assigned the payment of pensions,
some 59,343 pensioners did not turn out to receive their pensions in
the first quarter of 2011, of whom over 20 thousand were absent from
the country, and 12 thousand were unknown. According to Zakarian,
all documents were sent to the Prosecutor General's Office. ($1 ~V
372.24 drams).
/ARKA/
MAY 12, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, May 12. / ARKA /.Tightened control over the sphere of pensions
payment has helped save 3.3 billion drams of budget money in the first
quarter of 2011, Ishkhan Zakarian, head of the parliament~Rs Audit
Chamber said today, when reporting to lawmaker on the activities of
the agency in 2010.
He said inspections conducted in 2010 by Audit Chamber revealed
numerous violations in pensions payment system, including incorrect
calculation of seniority, payment of pensions to deceased people and
to persons alleged to be WW II veterans. He said old-age and retirement
pensions applications worth one million drams were submitted on behalf
of people who died years ago.
"As a result of inspections we have found that about 59,000 deceased
people were put on the list of eligible pensioners between 2008 and
2010, ~Q said Zakarian, adding these revelations led to sacking of
Vazgen Khachikian, head of the Pension Fund.
Zakarian said a review of pensioners list and removing dead people
alone helped to save 3.308 billion drams. He also said according to
Haypost (Armenian Postal Service) assigned the payment of pensions,
some 59,343 pensioners did not turn out to receive their pensions in
the first quarter of 2011, of whom over 20 thousand were absent from
the country, and 12 thousand were unknown. According to Zakarian,
all documents were sent to the Prosecutor General's Office. ($1 ~V
372.24 drams).