Armenia to facilitate child care benefit bureaucracyNovember 11, 2015 - 16:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Assembly adopted Wednesday, November 11, amendments to the law on state allowances on the first reading, ARKA reports. Briefing the lawmakers on the amendments, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan the latter applied to procedures related to childcare allowance. “The amendments apply only to children under 2 and are aimed at cutting the red tape,” he said. The Minister said the allowances will be paid staring January 1, 2016. “We are going to develop programs of monitoring for all the projects implemented by the ministry to measure their reasonability and effectiveness,” Asatryan noted. Referring to the childcare system as a whole, he said that the system of prenatal and postnatal benefits will be introduced in 2016, with unemployed women now also eligible to receive the benefits. The Minister said that the lump sum birth allowance will further be paid for every baby regardless of mother’s employment. AMD 50,000 allowances are paid for each first and second children child, AMD 1 million for third and fourth ones, and AMD 1.5 million for the fifth and the following children. The Minister also mentioned about a type of benefit for children under 18, intended for socially vulnerable families on welfare benefits. The head of Prosperous Armenia faction Naira Zohrabyan said it is necessary to create equal conditions for employed and unemployed mothers by paying a monthly allowance of AMD 18,000 throughout two years to both categories. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |