More than 30 billion rubles were allocated to increase the salaries of state employees

The Russian government has allocated more than 30 billion rubles. to increase the salaries of state employees, orders on this signed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

As the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers clarifies, most of this amount (25 billion rubles) will be allocated from the government’s reserve fund, the rest of the money will come from the federal budget. More than 10.3 billion rubles. will be directed to increase the salaries of teachers over 9 billion rubles. – employees of scientific institutions. Another 3 billion rubles. will go to increase the salaries of employees of cultural organizations.

At a government meeting on August 31, Mishustin saidthat we are talking about employees of federal government agencies that are subject to the May decrees. “These decisions are another step that is aimed at systematic support of our citizens,” he said, announcing the increase in salaries.

In November last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that only ten regions of the country perform target indicators for salaries of state employees, “and even then not by 100%.” He recalled that for the regions a deviation from the target indicators by 5% is acceptable. Those subjects of the Russian Federation that need help should receive additional finance, he emphasized.

How wrote Vedomosti in April of this year, only 12 regions were able to achieve the targets for public sector salaries from the May presidential decrees in 2022. These are Bryansk, Ryazan, Tambov, Leningrad, Volgograd, Rostov, Tyumen and Chelyabinsk regions, Altai Krai, Khanty- Mansi Autonomous Okrug, as well as the Chechen and Chuvash Republics.

Decrees signed by Putin in May 2012 set salary targets for 12 separate categories of state employees. According to them, the remuneration of teachers in educational institutions of various levels, employees of cultural institutions, social workers, as well as junior and secondary medical staff should reach the level of the average salary in the region. Twice as high as this bar, it is necessary to pay for the work of doctors, university professors and scientific personnel.