YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The process of filing applications to receive compensation for deposits made with the Savingsbank of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic before June 10, 1993, finished on May 12. 61,967 Armenian citizens have applied for compensation, presenting 137,481 saving books. According to the PR Department of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Issues, the lists of citizens eligible for compensation will be published in the third quarter of 2006, after which the payment process will start. Prior to it, the database of applicants has to be clarified by comparing the family benefit database of the ministry with the information in deposit cards of the Savingsbank. To recap, only members of the families, which were continuously in various social groups to receive a family benefit from July 1, 2005, to April 1, 2006, are eligible for compensation. The payment priority is determined based on a social group.

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