The State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population paid 752 million manats in benefits and monthly presidential stipends to 997,000 people in January-April of this year, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population told APA.
424 million manats were paid as benefits from the state budget to 501,000 people, 272 million manats were paid as presidential stipends to 407,000 people, and 56 million manats were paid as benefits through social insurance to 89,000 people.
“The amount paid increased by 16 percent for state budget-funded benefits and by 17 percent for stipends compared to the corresponding period last year.
During January-April, another 52,000 benefit and stipend assignments were carried out proactively through the e-system. Since the launch of the electronic assignment of social payments in 2019, a total of 931,000 benefit and stipend assignments have been implemented proactively through the e-system,” the statement said.
