Yatsenyuk: Ukrainian authorities have decided to raise the subsistence minimum from September 1,
The government of Ukraine decided from September 1 to raise the minimum wage And subsistence minimum, for these purposes will need about UAH 10 billion, said on Sunday the country's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
"We together with the President decided against the need to increase social standards. Current law provides that from 1 December, the subsistence minimum And minimum wage increase, but We have worked hard to find financial resources And to increase the minimum wage And subsistence minimum, and accordingly wages for Ukrainians since September 1. And this decision has been made ", - said Yatsenyuk during the program " 10 minutes with Prime Minister ".
According to his statement, financial resources, who need to discover to increase salaries, pensions And other social benefits amount to about UAH 10 billion (about five hundred million US dollars). Yatsenyuk added that the Parliament introduced a law that stipulates the increase of the social standards for almost 12 million Ukrainian Residents.
The Ukrainian government on Thursday adopted the provisional rules for sovereign debt restructuring. According to the agreement with creditors, Kiev will write off 20% of the debt to 3, $ 6 billion from $ 18 billion in debt to a number of private lenders.