IN TAJIKISTAN THE ADOPTION OF LAW “ABOUT LIVING WAGE” IS EXPECTED

           Dushanbe, January, 9th. (Farangis Rakhimova, Olga Saprykina, the NIAT "Khovar"). — The National Association of political scientists carried out the first independent research by living wage definition. According to results, price of food basket in republic makes 254 somoni. "In Tajikistan in the nearest future for the first time the law" About living wage" will be adopted. Such bill is now developed by the Government on instructions of the President of the republic", — noted the chief of department of the Institute of economic researches of Tajikistan Hodjimahmad Umarov. The expert accented that at this moment in Tajikistan the minimum wage rate is in 4 times below living wage. Experts hope that acceptance in Tajikistan of the law "About living wage" will oblige the republic authorities to provide conformity of the minimum salary to a consumer's basket.