Tajikistan spent approximately 11.9 billion somoni on public-sector wages, pensions, scholarships, benefits and compensation payments in the first half of 2026, accounting for nearly 40% of total state budget expenditure. According to the Ministry of Finance, wages for employees of state-funded organizations amounted to 8.5 billion somoni, or about 28% of all budget spending. A further 2.8 billion somoni was spent on pensions, 451.6 million somo…
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