The bill on amendments and additions to the "Remuneration of persons holding public positions" and related laws was approved. The relevant decision was adopted at the September 17 session of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan clarified that in case of the adoption of the bill, an additional 25 billion drams (more than 68.5 million dollars - ed.) will be allocated annually from the state budget for the implementation of the planned measures. According to him, it is expected that the changes will enter into force on January 1, 2027. The Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Davit Khudatyan, for his part, clarified that the changes imply a twofold to threefold increase in the salaries of employees of local self-government bodies (heads of communities The average will reach at least 700 thousand drams - ed.). The remuneration of the ministers will also be doubled, reaching almost 2 million drams. According to the bill, the salary of the President of the Republic will increase to 2.6 million drams, the deputy prime ministers - 2.1 million, the Defender of Human Rights and the Prosecutor General - 1.8 million, the President of the National Assembly and the President of the Constitutional Court - 2.4 million drams, and the to which - up to 1.4 million drams. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, whose salary will increase by almost 80% (currently it is 1 million 498 thousand drams - ed.), clarified that the amount of remuneration of officials will depend on the efficiency of their activities. He also reminded that the government has adopted a norm according to which the officials have not had the right to accept any gift for two years. Pashinyan stated that for a long time there was an atmosphere in Armenia, according to which studying was a shame. "The presence of a large number of uneducated citizens was beneficial to the ruling elite in Armenia, so that they could be easily controlled through the criminal subculture. Studying, especially among boys, was a shame, "zapadlo". That's why boys in Armenia are losing their positions in all fields," said Nikol Pashinyan. In addition, the package of projects proposes to revise the current system of remuneration of persons holding state and public service positions, including their base salary calculation coefficients. At the same time, the proposed set of normative acts does not apply to those state services for which additional mechanisms of remuneration based on qualification confirmation are currently defined. The existing system of base salary calculation coefficients does not encourage civil servants to aspire to higher positions, because the increase in salary coefficients in case of promotion is disproportionate to the responsibility, authority and status. to the increase in the volume of utterances. In this regard, the proposed change in ratios is based on the approach that higher responsibility for organizing and managing work, decision-making powers, influence on activities, contacts and input. The coefficients for calculating the base salary of officials with reporting functions will be increased in different amounts. The amount of bonuses given for the efficiency of the employees of the legislative, judicial and law enforcement (prosecution, investigative bodies) systems, as well as other independent bodies, will be correlated with the indicator of the efficiency of the Government's work. with. The bill will also reduce the allowances given to prosecutors, investigators of the Investigative Committee and the Anti-Corruption Committee. The package of projects envisages that instead of setting the amount of the basic salary every year by the law on the state budget, it will be fixed directly in the law, which will allow wage earners to calculate their basic salary in a much simpler way. The amount of the fee. The package of bills proposes to introduce provisions to encourage long service as an alternative to the right to receive a pension after 20 years of service in some law enforcement agencies. In particular, it is proposed to establish a minimum age limit of 60 years for persons holding positions in the Prosecutor's Office, the Investigative Committee, the Anti-Corruption Committee and the Foreign Intelligence Service. It is noted that with the adoption of the package of projects, a new remuneration system will be introduced, including the assessment of work efficiency. This will allow to adjust the amount of remuneration to the level of responsibility and competences, as well as to the results of work, which are an essential factor for increasing the quality of public services and the efficiency of work.