YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. By the 2008 draft state budget of the RA, 12 bln 866 mln drams will be allocated to the National Security Service (NSS) adjunct to the RA government, which is more by 1 bln 124 mln drams or 9.6% as compared with 2007, the RA deputy minister of finance and economy Pavel Safarian stated at the November 1 joint sitting of the National Assembly standing committees. 480 mln drams (about 1,45 mln USD) of this additional sum is envisaged to be allocated for increasing salaries and extra payments of NSS employees. According to P. Safarian, it is conditioned by an increase in payments for work on Saturdays, Sundays, holiday days and overtime work.

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