Parliament Amends Law on Social Security of Vets of Patriotic War

ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT AMENDS RA LAW ON SOCIAL SECURITY OF VETERANS OF
GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13. ARMINFO. The Armenian Parliament adopts first
reading of a bill on amendments to the RA Law on social security of
the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, Monday.

Minister for Labor and Social Affairs Aghvan Vardanyan says that
monthly supplementary pensions of GPW participants will total 3,000
AMD instead of the current 2,000 AMD, those of GPW invalids – 4,500
AMD instead of the current 3,500 AMD. The minister says that there are
some 13,500 people of this category in Armenia. The bill requires 160
mln AMD annually.