Ljajić: New IMF package to help poor

Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić said that the latest negotiations with the IMF were completely geared towards social policies.

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Sunday, 30.05.2010.

10:20

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Labor Minister Rasim Ljajic said that the latest negotiations with the IMF were completely geared towards social policies. He told daily Vecernje novosti that almost the entire package of measures agreed on between Serbia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could be called “social.” Ljajic: New IMF package to help poor Ljajic said that RSD 6.5bn would be given to those who need it the most. “It was agreed that we would used RSD 2bn to help workers in the public sector and another RSD 2bn for pensioners…Another billion will be given to the most vulnerable municipalities and another 1.5 billion will be spent on typical social contributions,” Ljajic said. He said that single mothers will have 20 percent more income thanks to the agreement and that RSD 252mn will be set aside for the work of 69 soup kitchens and for opening 10 more by the end of the year. “This money will be enough for the national soup kitchens to work without distraction, which is very important to us, because there are 50,000 people who are getting their only meal of the day from these soup kitchens,” Ljajic said. Rasim Ljajic (Beta archive)

Ljajić: New IMF package to help poor

Ljajić said that RSD 6.5bn would be given to those who need it the most.

“It was agreed that we would used RSD 2bn to help workers in the public sector and another RSD 2bn for pensioners…Another billion will be given to the most vulnerable municipalities and another 1.5 billion will be spent on typical social contributions,” Ljajić said.

He said that single mothers will have 20 percent more income thanks to the agreement and that RSD 252mn will be set aside for the work of 69 soup kitchens and for opening 10 more by the end of the year.

“This money will be enough for the national soup kitchens to work without distraction, which is very important to us, because there are 50,000 people who are getting their only meal of the day from these soup kitchens,” Ljajić said.

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