
“When planning the budget for 2026, we planned that in 2025 we would receive 30 billion less revenue than we had planned.:
The effect of additional economic growth is also added to this, and as a result, we expect tax revenues to be at least 40 billion more than planned in the budget for 2026. We also have reserve funds to solve other problems that will arise during the year. We will be able to finance from these two sources.”:
This was stated by Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan at a government meeting on March 5, when the government discussed the issue of raising pensions and the funds allocated for this.:
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan replied that the Armenian government has set a task: the pension should not go below the consumer basket.:
Pashinyan noted that he declares this without detailed expert discussions, given that they now have a reserve.:
“The problem is as follows. that our pension should never again be lower than the consumer basket and will never be.:
I want to say that the historical change has two features. First of all, when you achieve this, it’s great, but sometimes you forget that you need to take care of this historic achievement, and it goes away, returns to its original state.:
This applies to everything. You need to record and take care that what you have acquired develops further,” the Prime Minister said, thanking the members of the government for such a result.:

“When planning the budget for 2026, we planned that in 2025 we would receive 30 billion less revenue than we had planned.:
The effect of additional economic growth is also added to this, and as a result, we expect tax revenues to be at least 40 billion more than planned in the budget for 2026. We also have reserve funds to solve other problems that will arise during the year. We will be able to finance from these two sources.”:
This was stated by Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan at a government meeting on March 5, when the government discussed the issue of raising pensions and the funds allocated for this.:
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan replied that the Armenian government has set a task: the pension should not go below the consumer basket.:
Pashinyan noted that he declares this without detailed expert discussions, given that they now have a reserve.:
“The problem is as follows. that our pension should never again be lower than the consumer basket and will never be.:
I want to say that the historical change has two features. First of all, when you achieve this, it’s great, but sometimes you forget that you need to take care of this historic achievement, and it goes away, returns to its original state.:
This applies to everything. You need to record and take care that what you have acquired develops further,” the Prime Minister said, thanking the members of the government for such a result.:

“When planning the budget for 2026, we planned that in 2025 we would receive 30 billion less revenue than we had planned.:
The effect of additional economic growth is also added to this, and as a result, we expect tax revenues to be at least 40 billion more than planned in the budget for 2026. We also have reserve funds to solve other problems that will arise during the year. We will be able to finance from these two sources.”:
This was stated by Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan at a government meeting on March 5, when the government discussed the issue of raising pensions and the funds allocated for this.:
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan replied that the Armenian government has set a task: the pension should not go below the consumer basket.:
Pashinyan noted that he declares this without detailed expert discussions, given that they now have a reserve.:
“The problem is as follows. that our pension should never again be lower than the consumer basket and will never be.:
I want to say that the historical change has two features. First of all, when you achieve this, it’s great, but sometimes you forget that you need to take care of this historic achievement, and it goes away, returns to its original state.:
This applies to everything. You need to record and take care that what you have acquired develops further,” the Prime Minister said, thanking the members of the government for such a result.: