IT IS ENVISAGED BY DRAFT TO RA 2007 STATE BUDGET TO ALLOCATE ABOUT 27 BLN DRAMS FOR PAYMENT OF FAMILY BENEFIT AND ONE-OFF FINANCIAL AID
Noyan Tapan
Oct 24 2006
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged by the draft to the
RA 2007 state budget to allocate about 27 bln drams (about 70 mln
U.S. dollars) for financing payments of family benefit and one-off
financial aid. It is 9.2% more compared with the previous year. The
Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed about it by Astghik Minasian,
the Chief of the Social Assistance Department of the RA Ministry
of Labour and Social Issues. She also mentioned that the number of
families getting benefit reduced year by year: so, if 139 thousand
families got benefit during the last year, 132 thousand 400 people
got benefit this year, and according to the draft number, 125 thousand
families to get benefit are envisaged for 2007. In A.Minasian’s words,
the average number of family benefit makes at present 15 thousand
drams, and it will probably make 16.7 thousand drams in 2007. She
stated that it is envisaged to raise sizes of one-off financial aids
as well.