RA State Budget will allocate over 242,4 billion drams to social security sphereNovember 4, 2009 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Because of financial crisis, 2010 social expenditures will be decreased by AMD 2 billion. Budget means are restricted, yet we kept our promise and social expenditures won't be much reduced," RA Minister of Labor and Social Issues Gevorg Petrosyan said at parliamentary commission's discussions on 2010 state budget project. According to Petrosyan, insignificant alterations of social expenditures' budget is explained by objective reasons. RA State Budget will allocate over 242,4 billion drams to social security sphere. AMD 700 million were allocated to population employment sphere, AMD 119,2 million provided for disabled peoples' needs and AMD 11,8 million for the accommodation of orphans. ![]() ![]() As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |