ArmInfo. All retirement pensions will be raised in Armenia from July 1, Anahit Galstyan, Head of the Pension Department, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, told reporters.
To the question that people have a feeling of injustice when they hear that the government doubles the salaries of the law enforcement system or judges, and only 3 thousand drams for them, even taking into account the fact that, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, there are about 580 thousand and the treasury will not pull such a burden, Galstyan replied that nowhere in the world wages and pensions are comparable. At the same time, according to the representative of the Ministry of Social Labor, the same world practice says that if you have 33 years of work experience, the pension should be 40% of the salary. "Today we are far from 40%, which forced us to go for the introduction of a mandatory funded pension system, which will allow the future pensioner to hope for a decent pension," she said.
"The minimum consumer basket in Armenia today is 79 thousand drams, and after the upcoming increase, the labor pension will reach about 49 thousand drams. That is, we are approximately 30,000 behind the consumer basket>, Galstyan said, pointing out that an increase in pensions and pensions by 1,000 drams for 580,000 beneficiaries will cost the state treasury about 7 billion drams, and 210 billion are needed for these 30,000 drams. drams per year. "I think it is obvious and understandable that at the same time more than 200 billion drams in terms of spending is unrealistic, because steps should be justified not only by the desires, but also by the financial and economic capabilities of the state," Ms Galstyan said.
