The system of non-cash reimbursement of pensioners' expenses will continue and will reach 20 percent in 2026 instead of the current 12 percent. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this during the discussion of the 2026 budget project in the National Assembly. He noted that this is, in fact, a pension increase. "Also, in the logic of public solidarity, we ask and create a mechanism so that pensioners, among them, have certain investments in securing their incomes.
There is nothing commendable in that. This year we will introduce a universal refund system. In other words, all citizens will get back 2 percent of their trade in case of cashless trade," he said. Pashinyan also noted that the poverty rate in Armenia remains high, 23 percent according to the latest data. "There is a conflict here.
On the one hand, we show economic growth, a large circulation of money in RA, but we do not experience a significant decrease in poverty." According to him, the reason for this is "ruined schools".
