YEREVAN. – Chairman of Armenian Consumers’ Association NGO said there is no order to calculate the minimum consumer basket cost.

“The government has not yet approved the order to count the minimum basket. So, the cost has not been calculated. And we can not determine the proportions of the minimum or average salary or pension,” Armen Poghosyan told reporters on Saturday.

Even if a person gets an average salary of around 120 thousand drams, which de facto is above living wage, this problem is not solved, because usually one or two people are working in a family and the revenue should be divided between 4-5 family members.

According to the 2012 data by the National Statistical Service, the average household income per capita in Armenia is 39,056 drams, which is already on the verge of living wage.