Main Pensions Of Disabled Persons To Increase By 250 Drams From Janu

MAIN PENSIONS OF DISABLED PERSONS TO INCREASE BY 250 DRAMS FROM JANUARY 1 2007

Noyan Tapan
Dec 21 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged to raise the
main pensions of the disabled persons by 250 drams from January 1,
2007. Karmen Petrosian, Head of the Unit of Disabled Persons’ Issues
of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Issues, told NT correspondent
about it. She said that the main pension of the disabled currently
makes 4,250 drams (aout 10.5 USD). The disabled persons of the first
group receive pensions in the amount of 140% of the main pension
(5,850 drams), those of the second group – 120%, and of the third
group – in the amount of 100%.