Azerbaijani President approves changes to state budget for 2012

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev approved the Law "On Amending the Law on State Budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2012."

Under the changes, income and expenses of the state budget will increase by 600 million manat and amount to 17.038 billion manat, and 17.672 billion manat respectively, in particular, the centralized income was estimated at 16.538 billion manat, local income - 499 million manat, centralized expenses - 16.379 billion manat, the local expenses - 1.292 billion manat.

Azerbaijani Parliament amended the law "On Trade Unions"

In accordance with the changes made to the law "On Trade Unions" at the last extraordinary meeting of the spring session of the Parliament of Azerbaijan, the employer regardless of ownership is required by the accounting department to deduct from the salaries of employees union membership dues and within 4 working days to transfer them into a special account of the organization or enterprise.

Additional action plan of state program on socio-economic development of Baku and its settlements approved

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Friday signed a decree approving the "Additional Plan of Action of the State Program on socio-economic development of Baku and its settlements in 2011-2013" and Amendments to the program.