By Trend
Orders and decrees signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
on April 15, 2019, provide a 100 percent average increase in social
benefits and presidential pensions of citizens of a number of
categories, as well as the establishment of new types of pensions
from April 1,
Trend reports with reference to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labor
and Social Protection of the Population.
Along with the fact that these documents are another success
within the package of successful social reforms of the Azerbaijani
president, they also mean taking an important step towards
improving the well-being of citizens, in particular vulnerable
groups of the population.
The signed orders and decrees provide for a significant increase
in monthly presidential pensions, social benefits for up to 600,000
people (including 300,000 people with disabilities), expansion of
social security coverage with the establishment of monthly
presidential pensions for people from a number of categories.
The annual funds directed at issuing social benefits and
pensions will be doubled, with additional 400 million manats
allocated per year for these purposes.
All these steps once again confirm that the main goal of
President Ilham Aliyev’s strong social policy is to ensure the
well-being of the population. Care for the citizens of Azerbaijan,
principles of social justice and humanism lie at the heart of this
policy, which is welcomed by the public.
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