PM announces 20% salary raise for police officers, military, security in 2023
PM said funding for the ministries of defence and internal affairs as well as the security service would be increased by ₾490 million ($173mln). Photo: PM's press office
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A total of ₾290 million ($102mln) will be spent on increasing salary for police officers, military and security personnel in Georgia by 20 percent next year, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Friday in a presentation of plans for the next year's budget at the government meeting.
He said funding for the ministries of defence and internal affairs as well as the security service would be increased by ₾490 million ($173mln).
The PM noted public servant salaries had been raised by 10 percent in January, adding a similar increase would again be introduced in January 2023. “[T]his will continue in the following years as well", Garibashvili said.
He also confirmed construction of residential blocks, “in order to improve living conditions for police officers and servicemembers”, was also planned for next year.
Garibashvili said that more than 1,000 servicemembers would receive apartments in the Army City area, which is set to be completed “in several months’ time", while the construction of the Police Officer City - designed for more than 1,000 officers - would start in a few weeks.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday said ₾80 million ($28 mln) would be allocated for providing natural gas supply to all regions of Georgia, while ₾900 million ($318mln) would be spent on agriculture and for development of small and medium-sized businesses in the country.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday announced an increase in pensions, salaries for school personnel and state funding for health and social programmes, while also announcing the construction of a residential block with 7,000 flats for internally displaced families and renovation of 500 public schools would begin “soon”.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili on Monday announced public sector earnings would increase 10 percent yearly over the next three years until 2026.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday inspected the ongoing construction of a residential district on the outskirts of Tbilisi, with the project designed for servicemembers and their families and dubbed Army City.
The Georgian interior ministry on Friday said that along with the 20 percent increase in salaries of its personnel, additional budget funding would also allow the state body to purchase three helicopters for search and rescue operations, 30 fire engines and renovate its infrastructure.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Friday thanked the country’s prime minister Irakli Garibashvili for his recent announcement on the increase in salaries for servicemembers and law enforcement officers by 20 percent starting in January, calling the move - “very important.”
Georgian health minister Zurab Azarashvili on Monday said financing of medications against chronic illnesses would be increased by ₾30 million ($10.68mln) in the 2023 state budget.
The ministry of culture, sport and youth of Georgia will command a budget of ₾401 million ($144mln) next year, after a joint sitting of the Georgian parliament’s committee of sports and youth affairs and its culture counterpart on Tuesday approved the initial version of the 2023 draft budget.
Managers in Georgia received the highest average monthly nominal earnings of ₾2,414.7 (about $873) in 2021, while those in low-skilled labour positions earned the lowest rate at ₾674.1 (about $243), the latest data published by the national statistics office of Georgia has shown.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced “major changes” to the country’s defence system as part of the new defence code, which includes full transition of the compulsory military service to the Ministry of Defence mandate, requirement for the state to provide accommodation for servicemembers and their families, a “more flexible” military reserve system for students and moves to prevent evasion of service.
Average monthly nominal earnings in Georgia increased by 21.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year and reached ₾1,773.7 ($687.57), the National Statistics Office of Georgia said on Friday.