Baku / 10.01.17 / Turan: The revenues of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population for the first nine months of 2017 increased by 7% or 165.49 million manat compared to the same period of the last year, making AZN 2,532.59 million.
According to the Fund, the income on compulsory social payments increased by 8.8% and amounted to 1501.1 million manat.
The share of the non-budgetary sector in the Fund's revenues made up 65.13% or 977.7 million manat, which is 12.1% or 105.46 million manat more compared to the same period of the previous year.
As of October 1, the number of pensioners in the country since the beginning of the year increased by 14,771 people or 1.1%, amounting to 1 million 330 thousand. The average size of pensions was 204 manat. -----71D
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