IPA CIS Expert Council on the Economy reviews report on development of minimum consumer budget methodology
On 9 October, the Expert Council on the Economy under the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member Nations met at the Tauride Palace in St Petersburg. Regina Khairullina, a member of the Expert Council and chief specialist at the GCTU Legal Department, joined by videoconference to present a report on the progress of work on a methodology for calculating a minimum consumer budget.
Her report included an analysis of the legislation of CIS countries. In Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, the minimum wage is set on the basis of a subsistence minimum. Armenia applies a minimum consumer budget for this purpose, while Uzbekistan relies on minimum consumer expenditure. In most of these countries, social standards are calculated on the basis of a consumer basket.
The draft minimum consumer budget methodology will be submitted for consideration at the Expert Council's next meeting.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin Presents the Order of Honour to Viktor Pinsky
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"My sincere congratulations! I am glad that your work has been duly recognised by the country's leadership," Vladimir Putin said as he presented the award to Viktor Pinsky.
The ceremony took place today in the St George's Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow.
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