Pension payments rose 1.6 times in last three years – G. Abdykalikova
13:37, 18 January 2010
ANA. January 18. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ The average size of pension payments in Kazakhstan have been increased by 1.6 times during last three years; Kazakh Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Gulshara Abdykalikova has said it today at the Governmental hour in Mazhilis.
"The minimum size of pension payments with the account of basic pension made KZT 15 362, whereas the average size made KZT 22 853 and the maximum one - KZT 32 703", - she said.
The Minister also noted that last year about 677 thousand people began to receive pension payments from the defined contribution pension system.