BY 2010 DRAFT STATE BUDGET OF ARMENIA, EXPENDITURES ON SCIENCE TO AMOUNT TO 8.36 BILLION DRAMS
Noyan Tapan
Nov 3, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. By the 2010 draft state budget
of Armenia, the expenditures on science will remain at the level
of 2009 and amount to 8.36 billion drams, First Deputy Minister of
Finance Pavel Safarian said at the November 3 joint sitting of the
RA National Assembly Standing Committees.
Of the total amount of expenditures on science in 2010, 5.21 billion
drams will be provided to the organizations receiving basic financing
(as compared to actual expenditures of 5.22 billion drams expected in
2009), including 4.86 billion drams for basic financing of scientific
and scientific-technical activities.
1.07 billion drams will be allocated for state programmed financing
with the aim of continuing 6 projects launched in 2009, the level of
2009’s allocations will be maintained.
1.55 billion drams will be provided for contractual (thematic)
financing, the 2009 level will be maintained.
By the 2010 draft state budget, a separate program envisages 530
million drams to make additional payments for scientific degrees. The
rates will be the same as now: doctors and candidates of science will
receive 20 thousand drams and 10 thousand drams respectively.
The state budget’s calculations are based on the settlement exchange
rate of 376 drams per dollar.