Armenian president raises pensions of disabled servicemen

Armenian president raises pensions of disabled servicemen
Arminfo
17 Jan 05

YEREVAN
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan signed a decree on 15 January on
making changes to the law on social security of servicemen and their
families, the Armenian president’s press service has told Arminfo.
The decree envisages a 20-per-cent rise in pensions of the servicemen
who incurred different degrees of disability while defending the
borders of the republic and of the families of killed servicemen.
The decree also suggests that the compensation paid to disabled
servicemen for public utilities be raised from 3,000 drams [6 dollars]
to 5,000 drams [10 dollars] starting from 1 January 2005 and funeral
expenses be covered by the state should they die. In connection with
the rise in servicemen’s social security payments, it is planned to
allocate another 350m drams [700,000 dollars] from the state budget.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress