Friday, January 24, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbayev, speaking during a recent conference call, instructed government bodies to create a regional schedule for compulsory health insurance coverage, increase the population’s employment, improve medical institutions’...
Monday, January 13, 2020
Nearly a year after a tragic fire, mothers in Kazakhstan continue to stage protests against insufficient government support. On Monday, dozens of women reportedly rallied in Nur-Sultan calling for increased social benefits. According to RFE/RL it is...
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Kazakhstan’s list of social changes for 2020 include implementing a mandatory health insurance system, new social payments, salary increases, restrictions on loans for low income citizens and decreased foreign worker quota.
Monday, October 7, 2019
At the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin, new approaches to the provision of targeted social assistance based on the principles of transparency, justice and motivation for work were considered. The updated allocation model of...
Saturday, March 16, 2019
As of January, the National Social Insurance Fund has accumulated 1.4 trillion tenge (US$3.7 billion) and is reaching 6.126 million citizens, or 70.3 percent of the country’s working population, said Vice Minister of Labour and Social Protection Svetlana...