Tajikistan to increase salaries, pensions and scholarships from September 1

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon signed a decree on measures to enhance the level of social protection of population and to increase the existing salaries of employees of budgetary institutions and organizations, as well as pensions and scholarships, the presidential press-service told CA-News.

According to the presidential decree on September 1, 2011, the salaries of directors of institutes and other institutions of the Academy of Sciences, the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Tajik Academy of Education and the Academy of Medical Sciences will increase by 3.3 times. The salaries of other employees of these agencies and the Tajik National Conservatory will be doubled.

The salaries of employees of the presidium of the Academy of Science, the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Tajik Academy of Education, the Academy of Medical Sciences will increase by 30 percent.