Tashkent, April 2 -- The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced the amount spent on salaries, pensions, and allowances from the state budget in 2023. According to the Ministry, payments for wages and pensions increased significantly last year compared to 2022. More details are in the following report.

A total of 93 trillion soums were paid from the budget for the salaries of employees working in state organizations. In 2022, this figure was 78.9 trillion soums.

In 2023, almost 54 trillion soums were allocated for all types of pensions, compared to 44.9 trillion soums in 2022. Social benefits from the state budget amounted to 21.7 trillion soums in 2023, up from 20.3 trillion soums in 2022. There are almost 2,500,000 employees in stat...