Champions of Deaflympic and Paralympic Games to get lifetime pension
14:35, 26 June 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - At today's plenary session the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan has adopted the Law "On physical culture and sports".
Chairman of the Agency for Sports and Physical Education Tastanbek Esentaiyev noted that the bill is to improve the legislative framework in this area in the light of current trends and legal relations. In addition, according to the bill, the list of persons, entitled to receive lifetime monthly material support, has been included the athletes with disabilities - champions of Paralympic and Deaflympic Games. Lifetime pension will be equaled to 24 MCI per month which is about KZT 45 thousand. The draft law is supplemented by provisions that require the athletes to know the national anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan.