YEREVAN, OCTOBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The draft to the RA 2007 state budget envisages to rise the size of annual monetary assistance giving to the Great Patriotic War veterans for making use of electric energy and transport: it will become 3800 drams from 3000 drams (about 8 U.S. dollars). Jemma Baghdasarian, the Chief of the Problems of Invalids and Elderly Peoples of the RA Ministry of Labour and Social Issues stated about it at the October 18 press conference. In her words, it's envisaged to rise by 1200 drams money given to invalid veterans, people made equal to them and widows of servicement died in the Great Patriotic War and their children invalid from childhood for making use of electric energy, paying for gas, water supply, water drainage and heat supply. It will make 5700 drams in 2007. J.Baghdasarian mentioned that it is envisaged to rise the size of annual monetary assistance given to invalid servicemen and died servicemen's families for making use of transport, rising it from 6000 drams to 7500 drams. By the way, if a family has more than 5 members, 2500 drams instead of present 2000 drams will be given for each of more than 5 members. It was also mentioned that it is envisaged to rise by 20 thousand drams the annual money given to the genocide survivors. It will make 25 thousand drams.

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