ArmInfo. Today, the minimum pensions in Armenia will rise to 36 thousand drams (instead of the previously established AMD 31.6 thousand), which is 99.5% of the minimum food basket. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook page.
In this regard, he recalled that within the framework of the election program of the early parliamentary elections in 2021, the ruling party promised to equate the minimum pension in the country to the cost of the food basket by 2026.
" This is an unprecedented event in the history of our country," the prime minister stressed.
He noted that 73,000 pensioners (12%) receive the minimum pension in the country. In total, the increase will affect another 500,000 pensioners, whose pension today exceeds 36,000 drams.
At the same time, the prime minister recalled that at the time of the 2018 revolution, the minimum pension in Armenia was 16,000 drams. "Consequently, over the past five years, the minimum pension has more than doubled," Pashinyan emphasized.
