Azerbaijan Accents Reforms On Boosting Low-Income People's Welfare - Minister
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 3. Azerbaijan accentsreforms on boosting the welfare of low-income and sociallyvulnerable people, the country's Minister of labor and SocialProtection of Population Sahil Babayev said during the forum themed"Public Processes at the media Level" in Baku, Trend reports.
According to him, over the past five years, the minimum pensionin Azerbaijan has increased by 2.5 times and the average pension by2.4 times, while payments to the most vulnerable groups of people,such as recipients of social benefits, disabled persons, largefamilies, and those receiving age-related benefits, have increasedby five times.
"In 2018, the Azerbaijani government spent 300 million manat($176) on social benefits and pensions, while last year this figurereached 1.9 billion manat ($1.1 billion), increasing by more thanfive times. This is a clear indicator of our state's sociallyoriented policy.
In just the first quarter of this year, through assistanceprograms and pensions, targeted assistance to our citizens amountedto 2.18 billion manat ($1.28 billion), which is 12 percent, or 224million manat ($131.7 million) more than in the same period lastyear," the minister added.
To note, the forum has been organized by the Media DevelopmentAgency of Azerbaijan.
The event will include panel sessions on "Proper use of media inthe fight against drug addiction," "Proper media coverage of socialissues and sensitive topics such as domestic violence and earlymarriage," "Effective fight against cyberbullying in the media andcyberawareness," and "Media Agenda in the Year of Solidarity for aGreen World".
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