ArmInfo. In 2020, a total of about 22 billion drams (about 46.2 million US dollars) of premiums were allocated in the state system of Armenia. This was announced on June 2 by acting Minister of Finance of Armenia Atom Janjughazyan, in the parliament during the preliminary discussion of the annual report "On the execution of the state budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2020".
So, according to the acting Head of the Ministry of Finance, in 2020, the public sector was employed or it was predicted that there will be a total of 19 thousand 709 people. The state budget planned to allocate 87.4 billion drams to pay them salaries and bonuses. Of these, 65 billion 458 million drams were envisaged to be directed as salaries and allowances to it. Premiums, cash awards and special payments amounted to 15 billion 477 million drams. 3 billion 929 billion drams were allocated for bonuses to employees of the judicial, state and civil services, and 2 billion 548 billion drams to employees of the tax and customs services. Thus, in total, the state system allocated premiums totaling about 22 billion drams.
