MAIN TASK OF RA SOCIAL INSURANCE STATE FUND IS CONTINUAL
RISE OF PENSION
26-12-2006 16:36:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Social Insurance
State Fund had both achievements and difficulties during the
last year, Vazgen Khachikian, the fund Chairman mentioned at the
December 26 event dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the fund.
In his words, if formerly the fund solved only the problem of
gathering social payments and giving pensions in time, then at
present it does works aimed to continual rise of pensions.
V.Khachikian mentioned that in the first half of 2006 gathering
of social payments was overfulfilled 7.3% or 8 bln drams (about
19 mln U.S. dollars), making 39 bln 145 mln drams. It was also
mentioned that the additional payment of one working year will
add 50 drams as well from January 1, making 230 drams, as a
result of what the size of middle pension will add 2000 drams
and make 13.8 thousand drams. In V.Khachikian's words, about 432
thousand hired employees pays social payments for pensions of
530 thousand pensioners.
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the fund,
V.Khachikian was awarded the RA Prime Minister's memorial medal,
and by RA Defence Minister Serge Sargsian's decree, with the
Garegin Nzhdeh medal, and by RA Police Chief Hayk Haroutiunian's
decree, the medal for Strengthening Cooperation. A group of
employees of the sphere was also awarded medals, letters of
thank and souvenirs.