The current volume of socio-economic assistance to mitigate the  effects of coronavirus amounted to 43.4 billion drams

ArmInfo. On April 14, headed by  the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, a  regular meeting was held on measures to mitigate the socio- economic  situation in connection with coronavirus.

According to the programs that are being implemented, the following  indicators are currently recorded: 1st event -264 satisfied  applications, the amount of support provided - 19.5 billion drams;  2nd event - 3887 satisfied applications, 5.2 billion drams; 3rd event  - 430 satisfied applications, 4.8 billion drams; 5th event - 11,296  beneficiaries, 1.8 billion drams; 8th event - 86,522 beneficiaries, 6  billion drams; 9th event - 72,403 beneficiaries, 1.9 billion drams;  10th event - 2365 beneficiaries, 141.7 million drams. It was noted  that the process of identifying and providing assistance to the  beneficiaries of these programs was ongoing.  The 13th and 14th  events are at the implementation stage, the stipulated financial  assistance will be provided during the next week. The 4th, 6th, 7th,  11th and 12th programs were completed, the indicators are as follows:  4th event - 2093 beneficiaries, support volume - 209.3 mln drams; 6th  event - 6723 beneficiaries, 457 million drams; 7th event - 8751  beneficiaries, 875 million drams; 11th event - 450 827 beneficiaries,  786 mln drams; The 12th event - 486,434 beneficiaries, 1.8 billion  drams.

During the meeting, ideas were presented on expanding the range of  social targeted assistance. A number of proposals were discussed,  including regarding the criteria and categories for identifying  vulnerable groups of beneficiaries. The Prime Minister instructed,  following the results of the discussion, to bring ideas into a design  form and submit them for approval.

During the exchange of views, long-term plans also became a subject  of discussion. The prospects, opportunities and industry priorities  of the socio-economic development of Armenia were touched upon within  the framework of the logic of the processes taking place in the  world. In this context, issues related to the sphere of social and  economic assistance were raised.