CIVIL SERVICEMEN’S BASE SALARY TO RISE 5.5 THOUSAND DRAMS FROM EARLY
NEXT YEAR

YEREVAN, AUGUST 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Government acknowledged at the
August 10 sitting the annual report presented by the RA Ministry of
Labour and Social Issues concerning the size of civil servicemen’s
base salary and the payment system. Noyan Tapan was informed about it
by the RA Government’s Information and Public Relations Department. It
is mentioned in the report that in the civil service system, according
to professions, the average salary was 2.1 times lower in 2006
compared with the same index existing in the private sector. To reduce
the difference existing among sizes of salaries of the state and
non-state sectra as well as to reduce the inequality existing among
sizes of salaries at civil sevice system bodies, it is proposed in the
report to raise civil servicemen’s base salary by 5500 drams, starting
from January 1, 2007, fixing it 35500 drams (about 85 U.S. dollars)
what is also envisaged by the RA State Program on Medium-Term
Expenses.