On September 2, Minsk / Ekaterina Markovich - BELTA /. In Belarus, a one-time payment of Br500 thousand will be provided to public sector employees and pensioners, regardless of their income level. This was announced in an interview with a BELTA correspondent by Anatoly Tozik, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus. "It is difficult to determine a ceiling income level, so it was decided to provide support to all public sector employees and pensioners," the Deputy Prime Minister noted. "First, there will be a payment of Br500 thousand. In the future, social support will be strengthened by increasing pension amounts (the date is set by decree - from November 1 of the current year) and raising the first category tariff rate (possibly also from November 1, 2011). Until then, the first category tariff rate will be indexed in accordance with inflation." *** The full text of the interview will be released on the news feed and posted on the BELTA website.-0-

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