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ARMENIAN RULING PARTY PROMISES WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL BENEFITS
Arminfo
9 Apr 07
Yerevan, 9 April: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation -
Dashnaktsutyun [ARFD] plans to bring the population of Armenia to 4m
by 2012.
According to the booklets distributed by the party at its rally on 9
April, this is possible by natural growth as well as with the help
of migration policies. The ARFD proposes to implement a number of
measures to encourage birth rates. The party proposes to provide
200,000 drams (about 550 dollars) to families for the birth of a
second child. The third child should be encouraged with 2m drams
(about 5,550 dollars), the fourth child with 2.5m drams (about 7,000
dollars). If a child born is the fifth one in the family, it should
get an apartment. The ARFD did not forget about the elderly either;
it proposes to set minimum pension at 30,000 drams (about 83 dollars)
with an average pension to stand at 50,000 drams (about 140 dollars).
The minimum wages should be set at the same amount.
Other topics of the ARFD are fair economic competition and fighting
shadow economy, fair taxes, creation of new jobs, provision of minimum
life standard, financial aid for disabled, implementation on a wide
basis of an institute of social partnership for protection of workers'
rights and salary growth.
Arminfo
9 Apr 07
Yerevan, 9 April: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation -
Dashnaktsutyun [ARFD] plans to bring the population of Armenia to 4m
by 2012.
According to the booklets distributed by the party at its rally on 9
April, this is possible by natural growth as well as with the help
of migration policies. The ARFD proposes to implement a number of
measures to encourage birth rates. The party proposes to provide
200,000 drams (about 550 dollars) to families for the birth of a
second child. The third child should be encouraged with 2m drams
(about 5,550 dollars), the fourth child with 2.5m drams (about 7,000
dollars). If a child born is the fifth one in the family, it should
get an apartment. The ARFD did not forget about the elderly either;
it proposes to set minimum pension at 30,000 drams (about 83 dollars)
with an average pension to stand at 50,000 drams (about 140 dollars).
The minimum wages should be set at the same amount.
Other topics of the ARFD are fair economic competition and fighting
shadow economy, fair taxes, creation of new jobs, provision of minimum
life standard, financial aid for disabled, implementation on a wide
basis of an institute of social partnership for protection of workers'
rights and salary growth.