Next year, salaries in the public sector will increase by 10-15%.
This was reported by the First Deputy Minister of Finance of Belarus Dmitry Kiiko.
His statement is cited by BELTA .
Commenting on the fact that the republican budget for next year has been formed with a deficit of 4.5 billion rubles (1.6% of the gross domestic product), the deputy minister noted that this is not a forced measure.
This is a deliberate measure of budget policy. We can service this deficit, there are appropriate sources, - said Kiiko.
According to him, the goals of budget expenditures are the development of the social sphere, improvement of infrastructure, and an increase in salaries in the public sector.
The increase in wages for the budget sector next year is planned to be within 10-15%, the Deputy Minister of Finance specified.