Thursday, March 19, 2020
The Government of Armenia is preparing two 25-billion-dram business aid packages for social assistance and business support amid the coronavirus crisis.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
The Armenian government plans to implement three sets of support packages for the ongoing coronavirus-related crisis and the post-crisis situation. One of them is ready and will be open for public debate. Today's government session began with discussions...
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Citing the need to reverse Armenia’s falling birthrate, the government approved on Thursday sharp increases in child benefits which will come into force in July. In particular, parents will receive a one-off payment of 300,000 drams ($625) in cash for...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Armenia has increased old-age, social security payouts for people who have never worked. Now, instead of the previous 16 thousand drams ($33), they will receive a pension of 25,500 drams ($52.5) from the state. About 85,000 Armenian citizens will...
Thursday, September 6, 2018
The Armenian Government proposes to increase the lump-sum benefit for the second child from the current 50 thousand AMD to 150,000 AMD from October 1, 2018.
Stressing the importance of the issue at hand, the Head of Government expressed the hope that...
Thursday, November 10, 2016
More than 700,000 Armenians have access to an improved social safety net thanks to the USAID-funded Pension Reform Implementation Program (PRIP), which marked the completion of its activities on November 9. The four-year program worked with the...