FIRST-YEAR SCHOOLCHILDREN AND TEMPORARY WORKERS TO RECEIVE BENEFITS

Azg/arm
22 July 05

30 thousand first-year schoolchildren included in the list of family
benefits will receive 20 thousand AMD starting from September 2005.
Ara Petrosian, RA labor and social security deputy minister, told
about this decree of RA Government yesterday. He said that RA state
budget envisaged 20 billion AMD for family benefits, 10 billion
of which will be allocated for the first semester. He added that
about 9,5 billion AMD were spent, while about 500 million AMD were
saved. A part of these sources will be allocated for the first year
schoolchildren from socially insecure families.

RA government also adopted the bill “On Social Security in Case
of Temporary Unemployment.” Artem Asatrian, head of the relevant
department at RA Social Security Ministry, touched upon this
document. He said that there will be 5 forms of benefits, i.e. in
case of illness, prosthesis, resort treatment, pregnancy and
childbirth. Benefits will also be allocated when a document given
for temporary unemployment will be submitted.

By Ara Martirosian