April 14, 2009 - 15:17 AMT
Social expenses priority in 2009 Armenian state budget
Irrelative of further development of the situation, the Armenian government will secure social expenditures, RA Prime Minister said.

"The matter concerns not only 114 thousand needy families but the whole social sector," Tigran Sargsyan said during Social Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Armenia conference in Yerevan.

He said that passing on to per quarter budget management, the RA government will hence plan expenses proceeding from tax collection level.

"We have revised the budget taking into account all possible risks," the Prime Minister said.