Under the draft state budget for 2022, the government will allocate AMD 34,700,000,000 to compensate the damages that were caused to the life and health of servicemen while they were defending the Republic of Armenia. This is what Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia Narek Mkrtchyan said during today’s discussion on the draft state budget for 2022 held as part of the joint session of parliamentary standing committees.

According to the minister, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs submitted an application for AMD 579,900,000,000 for general needs — AMD 76,700,000,000 more than for 2021.