Thursday, October 5 2017 14:46
Naira Badalian

Reductions in the presidential administration will save 29.1 million drams

Reductions in the presidential administration will save 29.1 million drams

ArmInfo. Reductions in the presidential administration will save 29.1 million drams (about $ 60,000). As Minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan stated at the September 5 sitting of the Armenian government, on September 1 this year, In the presidential administration, 54 staff units were reduced. By the decree of the Cabinet, the savings for the next 3 months in the amount of 29.1 million drams (about $ 60,000) will be transferred to the reserve fund of the Government.

Recall that in late 2016, the Armenian government proclaimed a policy of optimizing the state apparatus. 

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