Tajik leader orders increase in wages, pensions, stipends

"In line with Article 103 of Tajikistan's Labour Code and Article 16 of the Tajik law `On pensions of citizens of Tajikistan' and with the aim of improving the population's living standards and raising the level of social security of the population, the president decreed that wages of workers of various categories of budget-funded institutions should be raised by 30, 40 and 50 per cent, pensions by 25 per cent and stipends by 40 per cent from 1 September 2011," the TV report said, quoting the presidential decree.

Source: Tajik Television First Channel, Dushanbe