ArmInfo.At the beginning of next week, a package of state assistance for all those Armenian citizens who are the beneficiaries of various programs. On April 9, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a government meeting.
According to him, the government of the country approved and find their application 9 anti-crisis programs of state assistance.
A total of AMD 3.670 billion has already been invested, which is 10% less than the planned amount, and there are all prerequisites for expanding these volumes. The government has published an electronic window through which citizens can verify whether they are beneficiaries of programs or not. As the head of government noted, many citizens are not beneficiaries, but given that the data is updated on a daily basis, there are also opportunities for expanding the list.
In addition, as noted by Nikol Pashinyan, the country's commercial banks provided 290 thousand individuals with credit holidays for a total the amount of 9.3 billion drams, and 5300 legal entities - 15.4 billion drams. As the prime minister emphasized, there is every reason to say that this process will continue. At the same time, Nikol Pashinyan stated that the actions of the country's commercial banks occurred without any administrative influence from the government, which, he said, is very important, since this fact is a clear evidence of the confidence of the country's banking system in anti-crisis actions of the executive body. This is also evidenced by the processes taking place in the foreign exchange market, in which there is calm on the part of the banking system. Moreover, there is even a slight increase in bank deposits, there are even cases when deposits in foreign currency changed to deposits in drams, which, according to the Prime Minister, is also evidence of public confidence in anti-crisis measures implemented by the government.