Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on Wednesday on increasing social allowances.

Under the decree, age allowances has been set at AZN 45.

The allowances paid to the people, who have become disabled as a result of “general disease”, “disease during military service”, “work injury and professional disease”, “Chernobyl disaster” have also been increased. The allowances have been set at AZN 50 for the disabled persons of the first group, AZN 35 for the disabled persons of the second group and AZN 30 for the disabled persons of the third group. Monthly allowance for the disabled persons under 18 has been set at AZN 50 and allowance given for losing parent has been set at AZN 40.

The allowances for war veterans, who participated in the battles for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, persons, who were awarded for their selfless labor in home front in 1941-1945, the persons, who served in the Soviet Army (fleet), interior and state security agencies, but did not participate in the military operations in 1941-1945, the persons, who worked in the enterprises and organizations and were awarded medal for “Defense of Leningrad” during the siege of Leningrad in the World War II, the persons, who participated in the local wars and military conflicts in the territories of other countries and the persons, who participated as the specialists of USSR Armed Forces, State Security Committee and Interior Ministry have been set at AZN 25.

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