On October 27, chaired by Heriknaz Tigranyan, a working discussion was held in the NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs related to the current problems in the benefit system. The RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan, the Head of the Integrated Social Service Eduard Petrosyan and the Deputy Head of the Integrated Social Service Ani Chilingaryan participated in the working discussion.
The Committee members raised the problems of administration in the state benefit system, in particular, the issues related to the inconsistency of the beneficiary’s registration and actual residence addresses, not knowing the obligation to inform the territorial centers in case of a change of address, or to the termination of the right to benefits on other grounds.
The representatives of the Ministry presented the work done by the territorial centers of the Integrated Social Service during the last one year and the problems raised. Those are mainly caused by the lack of relevant electronic databases. The deputies proposed to establish more effective legislative mechanisms for the effective realization of their rights by beneficiaries.
Reference was made to other issues related to the sphere during the discussion, which were recorded by the deputies during the receptions of the citizens.