Kazakhstan: Tokayev orders minimum wage raised to 100,000 tenge

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in an address to the Kazakh people, has ordered the government to raise the minimum wage from 85,000 to 100,000 tenge. NUR.KZ reported the decision, citing the Akorda presidential administration. Tokayev said the task must be completed from 1 January next year and will increase incomes for 1.8 million people, including more than 370,000 workers paid from the budget.

Tokayev also stressed the importance of modernising primary health care. He said the powers of general practitioners should be expanded and funding for the system gradually increased. The government was instructed to raise the salaries of specialists working in the field by 40%, depending on their length of service, starting 1 January next year. Tokayev said this would increase the income of more than 77,000 specialists.