Defense Ministry: "1000 Dram" Foundation will begin to provide  compensation to the families of servicemen who died or received a  disability until 1998

ArmInfo. The Ministry of  Defense of Armenia hosted a meeting of the Insurance Foundation for  Servicemen, better known as the "1000 Dram" Foundation.

As the press secretary of the RA Ministry of Defense Artsrun  Hovhannisyan said on his Facebook page, during the meeting a decision  was made to expand the network of beneficiaries of the Foundation..  "In particular, it was decided that from January 1, 2020, under the  compensation program, families of military personnel who died or  received a disability for the period until 1998 will be provided. I  also remind that until now compensation has been provided to  beneficiaries until 2008. Undoubtedly, this is an important decision  for thousands of families, "Hovhannisyan wrote.

December 15, 2016 MPs of the National Assembly of Armenia by the  ratio of votes 84 <for>, 4 <against> and 1 <abstained> in the third  and final reading adopted the draft <On Compensation for Damage to  the Life or Health of Military Personnel in the Defense of the  Republic of Armenia> with the attached package of bills. As the  author of the initiative, the head of the Ministry of Defense of  Armenia Vigen Sargsyan, stated that time, compensation will be paid  to the families of servicemen who died or were injured in the  fighting, while on combat duty on the contact line or during special  missions: from 5 to 10 million drams at a time monthly - from 200 to  300 thousand drams for 20 years. To implement this, a special  Insurance Foundation for Servicemen created, where every employed  citizen of the Republic of Armenia is obliged to transfer 1000 drams  per month. The financial resources necessary for the compensation  payments by the Foundation are also generated by payments made during  the use of the services of state or municipal bodies (500 and 200  drams for each service); through the sale of special bonds; due to  incoming grants, gifts and donations; at the expense of profit  received as a result of management (in the form of investments) of  collected fonds. The law began to operate in 2017 and has no  retroactive effect. All operations of the Foundation can be tracked  on the website https://www.1000plus.am/ru. From January 1 to the end  of December 2017 Compensation was given to the families of 27 killed  servicemen, as well as 6 soldiers injured during the fighting, for a  total of 360 million drams. In August 2018, amendments were  introduced to the law "On Compensation of Damage Caused to the Life  or Health of Military Personnel in the Protection of the Republic of  Armenia", due to which the circle of beneficiaries of the program  expands from year to year.