BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 19. In accordance with the Azerbaijani President's instruction to increase salaries, pensions, and social payments, the budget envisages the allocation of additional funds in the amount of 1.4 billion manats, Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov said, Trend reports.
He made the remark during the discussion of the draft state budget for the coming year at a joint session of the Azerbaijani Parliament Committees on Legal Policy and State Building, Defense, Security and Anti-Corruption, Human Rights, and Regional Affairs.
“The government has been instructed in connection with the increase of wages and social payments,” the minister said.
He noted that this was reflected in the draft budget.
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