This year in Tajikistan, increase of salaries, pensions, and benefits is not expected, which was traditionally announced by President Emamali Rahman’s decree at the end of July or beginning of August.

In the past 10-12 years, the President annually would declare about salary increases for state-run organizations, as well as pensions, benefits and stipends through a decree as of 1 September.

Usually the President declared about the increase of wages, pensions, and benefits in his traditional addresses to the Parliament in April.

In the last Presidential message to the Parliament, which took place on 23 April, for the first time there was no mention of increase in salaries, pensions, and benefits in the country.

A member of the Finance and Economy Committee of the Parliament of Tajikistan, Ismail Talbakov, thinks that annually before announcing about the rise of salaries and social payments, the government carefully analyzes the state of the state budget revenue, and submits its proposals to the President.

However, the MP could not answer why is there a delay in the increase of salaries, pensions, and benefits.

Meanwhile, according to a source in the government, no project for the presidential decree on the increase of salaries, pensions, and benefits has not been prepared to date.