Armenian government to raise pensions in New Year

The Armenian government will raise pensions to $33.8 from $27.3 on January 1, 2012.

An average labour pension increases from $74.62 to $81.38, average social pension from $34.32 to $42.9, an average pension for handicapped servicemen from $46.28 to $54.34, an average pension of families of servicemen that lost breadwinners from $41.08 to $50.7, Armenia Today reports.