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Assistance program for Nagorno-Karabakh refugees extended until March 2025 – Minister
... initially provided only to those families that owned real estate. According to the minister, starting from April of next year, social support is planned to be provided to certain groups of the refugees. He said they are individuals with 1st and 2nd degree disability, families who have lost their breadwinners, individuals over 63 years old, children under 18 years old. 'From April to June, 40,000 drams will be provided, and from July to December inclusive, 30,000 drams," Mkrtchyan said.-0-
11/04/2024Armenian Deputy Prime Minister presents details of assistance to refugees from Karabakh who decided to get citizenship
... from the second list are in other districts, including Aragatsotn, Shirak and Lori. He also explained that families with three minor children can apply first, as well as families with deceased family members and those with first and second degree of disability. "Our study of the situation shows that there are only 4 towns where the cost of 1 sq.m. exceeds 200,000 drams - these are Abovyan, Dilijan, Tsaghkadzor and Echmiadzin. In other settlements 1 square metre costs less than 200,000 drams....
05/24/2024Soldier's House equipped with modern medical equipment thanks to assistance of Stepan Gishyan charitable foundation
... instruments that will allow us to carry out more effective treatment of our pateints. Sets of maxillofacial and dental instruments, laser device purchased thanks to the grant will give us an opportunity to solve a number of problems of the guys with military disability," said Mikael Sahakyan, Chief Doctor of the Soldiers' Home rehabilitation center. "The charitable foundation pays special attention to all programs aimed at the health care sphere. Within the framework of this program, we helped the ...
04/04/2024Almost 12,000 refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh received pensions and allowances for disability or loss of breadwinner in Armenia
Some 11,700 refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh received pensions and benefits for disability or loss of breadwinner in 2023, Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan said on Wednesday. YEREVAN, January 10. /ARKA/. Some 11,700 refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh received pensions and benefits for disability or loss ...
01/10/2024Armenia expands list of persons with disabilities entitled to government-paid personal assistant
... previously such services were provided only to people who had severe mobility, vision, mental or cognitive disabilities and whose families were registered with the well-being assessment system with more than 10 points on the disadvantage scale. The new changes widen the target audience and assistant services will also be provided to people who have the above mentioned moderate disabilities and regardless of whether they are registered with the system or not. The decision also stipulates that for people ...
01/04/2024Nagorno-Karabakh refugees submit more than 5 thousand applications for pensions in Armenia - Ministry of Social Security
... Nagorno-Karabakh have already applied to Armenia's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for pensions, Deputy Minister David Khachatryan said on Tuesday. He said the refugees who have resettled in Armenia as a result of Azerbaijani aggression will be paid labor, disability, military and social pensions. The deputy minister said also that some 2,118 applications were approved as of today morning and the pensions will be paid in the coming days. According to him, about 2,800 applications were rejected for a number ...
12/12/2023Persons with disabilities in Armenia to receive certificates for rehabilitation and compensation of expenses for medicines
... disabilities. According to the amendments, the government will provide rehabilitation certificates to people with disabilities. The amendments were prompted by a government decision that starting from January 1, 2024 the functionality of a person with a disability will be determined in accordance with international requirements. Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Tatevik Stepanyan said people with category 3 disability will receive 100% compensation of expenses for medicines. --0--
09/13/2023Armenian Health Ministry announces free provision of medicines for treatment of 6 diseases
... disease, acute polyradiculitis caused by neurological diseases and multiple sclerosis. According to the ministry, as a result some 486 beneficiaries, mostly children, will be provided with medicines, the development of diseases will be prevented, and disability and mortality rates will be reduced. -0-
08/28/2023Armenian government raises pensions and allowances
... The average amount of military pension will increase from 87,500 drams to 91,600 drams. Mkrtchyan noted that the minimum amount of pension will be worth 99.5% of the food basket which is estimated now at 36,180 drams. The government is also raising disability allowances and for those families who lost their breadwinner. First category disabled persons' allowance will be raised to 39,000 drams, the second and third category disabled persons' allowances will rise to 37,500 drams and 36,000 drams respectively....
06/29/2023Minister explains why degree of disability of some servicemen was changed
Armenian Labor and Social Affairs Minister Narek Mkrtchyan explained today what was the reason behind changes of disability degree of servicemen who lost limbs in the 44-day war in the autumn of 2020 in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. YEREVAN, June 14. /ARKA/. Armenian Labor and Social Affairs Minister Narek Mkrtchyan explained today what was the reason ...
06/14/2023Citizens of EEU countries may work in all states of the union
... employment; free emergency medical care for the worker and family members; medical care for the worker under mandatory health insurance scheme on the same conditions as nationals of the country of employment and compulsory insurance in case of temporary disability. -0-
04/05/2023The number of people with dementia growing in Armenia - Ministry of Health
... more than 55 million people have dementia worldwide, over 60% of whom live in low-and middle-income countries. Every year, there are nearly 10 million new cases. Dementia is currently the seventh leading cause of death and one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people globally. -0-
03/20/2023People with disabilities and recipients of benefits in Armenia will be helped to get jobs
... particularly persons with disabilities or members of families which are beneficiaries of social or family allowances. "There will be different amounts of assistance based on the age of the person applying for a job, the presence of children and disability category," he said. Mkrtchyan specified that the plan will be available to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, which have had at least 10 employees on a permanent basis over the past 3 months and which are not government agencies ...
02/23/2023Armenia and Czech Republic agree to expand cooperation in health sector
... system of health insurance in 2023-2027. It will cover all types of medical services except for dentistry and plastic surgery. The key principles of the Strategy are prevention of diseases, increase in life expectancy, reduction of early mortality and disability --0—
02/15/2023New disability assessment system to be introduced in Armenia
...,086 citizens with disabilities, including 9,327 children, were registered in Armenia as of January 10 this year. Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Issues Tatevik Stepanyan said at a press conference on Monday. She said 9,798 people had 1st degree disability, 64,922 people had the 2nd and 109,339 had the 3rd degree disabilities. Stepanyan said that starting from February 1, 2023, the current medical and social assessment of people who apply for disability assessment will be replaced with functional ...
01/30/2023Armenian servicemen, who suffered during September aggression, will receive AMD 500 thousand assistance
... The Armenian government has decided today to provide 500,000 drams in social assistance to Armenian servicemen who suffered during Azerbaijan's aggression in September this year. The assistance will be given to servicemen, who don't have 1st or 2nd disability group and who got wounded (injured) or suffered mental health problems during the large-scale aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan on September 13, 2022. On September 13, Azerbaijan launched an unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against ...
11/17/2022Armenian government to raise pensions and allowances
... second group and from 30,000 drams to 32,000 drams for the third group. The military pension for the families of the deceased conscripts and those who lost their only breadwinner is to be increased from 30,000 drams to 32,000 drams. As a result of these changes, the average size of pensions will increase by 3,100 drams to 44,300 drams, and military pensions by 5,500 drams to 82,750 drams. The plan also suggests raising the amount of benefits for age, disability and loss of breadwinner from 28,600 to 32,500 drams. Benefits for children with disabilities are to be raised to 39,000 drams from 37,000 drams. ($1 - 404.93 drams) -0-
08/24/2022People with disabilities in Armenia to get government money to hire personal assistants
Under a decision approved today by the government of Armenia people with disability will be provided with government money to hire personal assistants. YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. Under a decision approved today by the government of Armenia people with disabilities will be provided with government money to hire personal ...
08/11/2022VTB Bank (Armenia) clients can withdraw their pensions without commission
... January 14. /ARKA/. According to a decision of the Armenian government, starting from January 1, 2022 pensions will be paid only in cashless form. The decision applies to all seniors under the age of 75 and those who are not granted 1st or 2nd category disability. VTB Bank (Armenia) said today that pensioners may apply for its Visa Classic or Mastercard Standard cards and have access to their pensions in 24/7 mode with zero commission. The Bank reminded that it runs as many as 206 ATMs across Armenia....
01/14/2022Armenian government raises minimum pensions, allowances
... government has approved today a decision that raises minimum pensions and benefits from January 1, 2022. Labor and Social Affairs Minister Narek Mkrtchyan said that the minimum pension will be raised to 28,600 drams from the current 26,500 drams; military disability pension for regular servicemen will be raised to 43,000 drams from the current 40,000drams for the first disability group, to 33,000 drams from 30,000 drams for the second disability group and to 30,000 drams from the current 27 thousand drams ...
12/16/2021Minister: Armenia’s post-war support to Artsakh amounts to 156 billion drams
... living currently in Armenia and with our Artsakh colleagues," he said. Mkrtchyan said that last week the Armenian government approved a new program to support the people of Artsakh. According to it, residents of Artsakh with the first or second disability group will be provided with 50 thousand drams each, while pensioners and other displaced persons - 25 thousand drams each. On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh ...
10/28/2021Armenia to raise minimum pensions and disability benefits
... Labor and Social Affairs Minister Narek Mkrtchyan said today in parliament. He said starting January 1, 2022, the minimum pension will be raised from the current 26.5 thousand drams to 28.6 thousand drams. Also, according to the minister, the military disability pension will be increased for former conscripts. Thus, first category disabled former conscripts will receive 43,000 drams, up from 40,000 drams now. Second category disabled persons will receive 33 thousand drams, up from the current 30 thousand ...
10/06/2021We need to restore Armenia’s manufacturing sector (video)
... of our life and speed up treatment," says Vardan Vardanyan. The walker, manufactured by Kayltech company, helps disabled people restore their walking function, preventing them from acquiring more than 30 diseases, which develop in parallel with disability. Davit Arsenyan, co-founder of Kayltech, is a kinesiologist. After the four-day war in 2016, he worked with friends to help rehabilitate the wounded boys. Then they decided to start a company that would manufacture devices to enable the wounded ...
09/07/2021Employers to get government assistance for hiring former military personnel injured or got disabled during hostilities
... amount of no more than 100 thousand drams for a period of 1 year. Also, employers will receive a one-time compensation in the amount of not more than 500 thousand drams, if there is a need to equip a workplace for the convenience of an employee with a disability. ($ 1 - 491.07 drams). --0--
08/12/2021Armenia to introduce new system of assessing disability in 2022
A new system of assessing the disability of citizens will be introduced in Armenia in September 2022, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Tatevik Stepanyan said at a press conference on Wednesday. YEREVAN, May 12. /ARKA/. A new system of assessing the disability of citizens ...
05/12/2021Armenian President asks Council of Europe and OSCE to help repatriate Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan
... launched massive and purposeful attacks against the civilian population and infrastructure of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in gross violation of human rights and international humanitarian law. All that resulted in the death of thousands of young people, the disability of thousands of others, the displacement of population, and destruction of Armenian cultural and historical heritage in areas that went under Azerbaijani control. During the hostilities and after the war, Armenian soldiers and civilians were ...
04/28/2021Employers in Armenia to receive state assistance for hiring persons who received disabilities during hostilities
... the amount of no more than 100 thousand drams per quarter,”Arakelyan said. In addition, according to him, employers may be provided with a one-time compensation in the amount of up to 500 thousand drams for adapting the workplace for a person with disability. The minister noted that this proposal concerns participants of all previous hostilities, that is, everyone who has a military disability. -0-
04/01/2021Minister: about 1,000 servicemen, who participated in Nagorno-Karabakh war granted various degree disabilities.
About 1,000 servicemen, who participated in last year's war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have been granted various degree disability, Labor and Social Affairs Minister Mesrop Arakelyan told the parliament today. YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. About 1,000 servicemen, who participated in last year's war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have been granted various degree disability,...
03/24/2021Armenian government to create special center for soldiers who received disabilities during hostilities
The Armenian government has approved today a program designed to protect the rights of persons who received disabilities during military service and ensure their social inclusiveness. YEREVAN, March 18. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has approved today a program designed to protect the rights of persons who received disabilities during military service and ensure their social inclusiveness. According to Labor and Social Affairs Minister Mesrop Arakelyan, many of these individuals, the...
03/18/2021Armenian government to increase pensions for seniors over 90 and parents who cared for their children with disabilities
... changes to the Law on Pensions, which call for upward revision of the size of pensions paid to seniors over 90, Deputy Labor and Social Affairs Minister David Khachatryan said during an online press conference on Wednesday. In his words, one of the changes increases the seniority (length of service) of parents, who cared for their children with disabilities until they reached the age of maturity (18). According to the deputy minister, pensioners over 90 and those with 1st and 2nd disability categories will not have to visit a bank once a year to confirm they are in Armenia in order to receive their pensions via the bank. Instead, they will be visited at home by a social service employee. In addition, pensioners over 90 will receive ...
03/17/2021Families of 1,450 killed, disabled or missing Armenian military paid compensation after Artsakh war
...,000 drams for 20 years. According to the Fund, under the "Bridge" program, compensations were paid to 1,133 beneficiaries, of whom 118 were wounded servicemen, who, after finishing treatment are very likely to be awarded 1st or 2nd degree disability. Another 1,015 were families of missing servicemen. The number of the beneficiaries has also changed: 121 families of the soldiers killed in the 2020 44-day war unleashed by Azerbaijan on September 27, 2020, also received compensation. Under ...
03/09/2021Armenian Justice Ministry improves delivery of public services, abolishes some state duties
... correction of letters, numbers or spelling errors in documents. Pensioners as well as people with first and second category disability, children with disabilities, war veterans, a spouse, a child and a parent of a person who died as a result of hostilities,... ... died will be completely exempted from the state duties for certificates provided by the registry office. As a result of the changes, a certificate confirming that a citizen is not married will be provided on the spot instead of previous 7 days; registration ...
02/26/2021Some 150 participants of Karabakh war need artificial limbs, deputy minister says
... their limbs in the war, but also the conditions and places of their residence, their professional capabilities, family potential in order to provide comprehensive services in the future. According to her, 82 people have already been granted 1st category disability, 193 soldiers- 2nd category and 335 -the 3rd category disability. Certificates of incapacity have been prolonged for another 25 war participants. “The process of prosthetics is quite long. The conclusion is made after an assessment by a multidisciplinary ...
02/24/2021Expansion of assistance: residents of Armenia's border communities to receive up to AMD 1 billion
... 2nd disability group – with 2 million drams and the 3rd disability group – with 1 million drams. In the event of a child's disability, the amount of support will be 3 million drams,” he said. Khachatryan stressed that 5 million drams will be transferred ... ... including Akner and Verishen communities in the list is also being considered. “One of these days the list will be specified, and changes will be made in the government’s decision,” he said. As for Kapan, Khachatryan explained that this list refers to ...
02/17/2021Armenia introduces single social security service
... assessing social needs. He said the single social security service will unite the social service, the system of family benefits, the disability and employment and pensions systems. According to him, the new single social security system will be introduced on ... ... one-stop-shop principle, but a comprehensive assessment of social needs of a family. The minister said also that as a result of these changes al 1,824 social security workers across the country will keep their jobs, no one will be laid off. He said also that the ...
02/03/2021Wounded Armenian citizens will receive one-time 500,000 dram assistance
... the tune of 500,000 drams (about $1000). A decision to that end was approved today by the government of Armenia. Labor and Social Affairs Minister Mesrop Arakelyan said this decision does not apply to those servicemen who were granted 1 and 2 category disability, who are eligible to monthly financial assistance. “The citizens eligible to 500,000 dram assistance are not only conscripts, but also reservists, volunteers and others who were wounded and underwent treatment in military and civilian hospitals ...
01/27/2021Armenia to create single social security service
... end the government approved today a set of amendments to the relating laws. According to the minister, the main goal of the changes is to install effective mechanisms for implementing the government's policy in the field of social security, in particular,... ... assessing social needs. He said the single social security service will unite the social service, the system of family benefits, the disability and employment and pensions systems. According to him, the new single social security system will be introduced on ...
01/27/2021Families of civilians killed in Nagorno-Karabakh war and those who became disabled to get financial assistance
... assistance to be provided to the families of those civilians who were killed or became disabled as a result of the war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Deputy minister Anna Zhamkochyan told a news conference that the assistance will be provided to those whose disability category has already been determined. Thus, people with first disability category will receive 3 million drams (about $5.8 thousand), those with second category- 2 million drams (about $3.9 thousand) and those with third category disability ...
12/22/2020Armenia’s Military Insurance Fund to make 575 payments this week - Avetikyan
... will be made during this week. “Our plan is to be able to serve 100 additional cases every week,” he said. Avetikyan also said that 10 million drams are paid in a lump sum to the families of killed or missing servicemen and persons with 1st-degree disability, after which 200-300 thousand drams a month. Disabled persons of the 2nd group are paid 5 million drams in a lump sum, and then 100-200 thousand drams monthly. "In both cases, if a soldier has three or more minor children, an additional ...
12/22/2020Armenian government approves program of social assistance to people affected by Artsakh war
... well as certain deadlines will also be approved, since, possibly, information on victims and dead will be updated,”Arakelyan said. He noted that the funds are provided in the form of a one-time assistance in the following amounts: • Upon receiving disability of the first group - 3 million drams, • Upon receiving a disability of the second group - 2 million AMD, • Upon receipt of a disability of the third group - 1 million drams, • In case of obtaining the status of a disabled child - in the ...
12/03/2020Labor and social affairs ministry explains process of awarding military disability
Armenia's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mesrop Arakelyan has specified today the procedure for determining military disability of the servicemen wounded in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. YEREVAN, November 23. /ARKA/. Armenia's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mesrop Arakelyan has specified today the procedure for determining military disability of the servicemen ...
11/23/2020Armenian parliament criminalizes calls for violence
... criminalize calls for violence, its justification or campaigning based on sex, race, color, ethnic or social background, genetic characteristics, language, religion, political or other views, belonging to national minorities, property status, birth , disability, age, or other social and personal reasons. According to the amendments, a person or persons who have publicly issued calls for violence will be fined in the amount of 50,000 or 100,000 drams. They also may be placed under arrest for up to ...
04/15/2020Armenian NSS exposes corruption scheme in labor and social affairs ministry
... Labor and Social Affairs. YEREVAN, March 27. /ARKA/. Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said today it has exposed a corruption scheme in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. It said the head of a ministry’s commission that grants disability categories in preliminary agreement with two other members of the commission, demanded bribes from the citizens in return for conclusions in favor of disabled citizens. It said they demanded bribes from 20 thousand to 100 thousand drams (about ...
03/27/2020Top five financial laws and decisions that enter into force in 2020
... Economy, the list includes 293 names of vehicles, as well as a number of essentials. According to the ministry, the impact of changes in customs rates on inflation will be 0.5 percentage points. The list of goods, on which the duty has changed include ... ... each year is 950 drams, up from the previous 800 drams, and for the military - 1600 drams instead of the 1500 drams. Also, disability pensions and the allowance for the loss of a breadwinner have been raised, and the minimum pension has been increased ...
01/13/2020Pensions in Armenia to rise by 10 percent starting 2020
... revised law, the basic pension amount will be 18 thousand drams, up from the current 16 thousand drams. Also, the payment for the first ten years of a pensioner's seniority will be raised from 800 drams to 950 drams for each year. She also said the disability pension for ordinary conscripts will increase to 40 thousand drams from the current 36 thousand drams. According to the minister, the size of allowance paid to the family in case of loss of the breadwinner will be raised from 25.5 thousand ...
12/26/2019Servicemen's disability pension eligibility criteria may be changed in Armenia
... reading amendments to the law on state pensions. In particular, the bill proposes to abolish the law's provisions which the Constitutional Court considered in July 2019 as contradicting the Constitution. In accordance with the present norms, servicemen's disability pension is paid when a serviceman is recognized as disabled not during his service, but after he completed his service with injuries or diseases he has got during the service period. The law also states that all those whose disability category ...
12/09/2019Social attitude to disabled persons should be changed in Armenia - Pashinyan
... reveal and develop their talent. Our activities and policies in this regard should be aimed at achieving these goals." Then Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan advised that the process of introducing a new system for assessing disability and providing services is currently underway. The new model and the draft service package have been submitted for interdepartmental discussion to clarify the area of responsibility. According to the minister, the ongoing work and the steps ...
12/04/2019Armenia to increase spending on pensions for military retirees
... of the law were recognized not corresponding to the Constitution. In particular, under the present law, retired servicemen have to apply to the military commission for medical examination no later than in five years after their retirement to receive disability category. If they apply later they can't have their pensions increased for their disability. The amendments lift this restriction, and this will lead to additional spending in the government budget. "We have not made calculations yet,...
10/10/2019Share of informal turnover in Armenia's healthcare sector decreased significantly, prime minister
... were performed, which were funded by the government. In 2019 their number has risen to 2,301. According to the Prime Minister, the list of persons entitled to free heart surgeries has expanded, including also persons with first and second degrees of disability, members of families of military servicemen, family members of perished military personnel and so on. “The number of all beneficiaries is about 300 thousand,” he explained. Pashinyan also emphasized that over the first seven months of this ...
09/16/2019150 lives saved in Armenia under ischemic stroke free treatment program
... "Some 180 citizens have already been treated under the program, of which 55% are Yerevan residents and the remaining 45% are provincial residents," the ministry says. In fact, 151 lives were saved, but unfortunately, other 29 people died. The disability rate was decreased. -0---
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