UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASES

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ According to the National Statistics Office, a number of the unemployed stood at 33.9 thousand by late September of 2014, showing a decrease of 3.7 thous.people or 9.9 percent against the same period of 2013. - In the first 9 months of 2014, the revenue of the Social Insurance Fund amounted to MNT 1,017.1 billion, reflecting an increase of 104.0 billion or of 11.4 percent. The expenditure of the fund reached MNT 952.8 billion, increasing 167.7 billion or 21.4 percent against the previous year. - Some 104.5 billion Togrog were granted to 197.0 thous.people for pensions and welfare benefits from the Social Welfare Fund by the end of this September. Compared to the same period of 2013, a number of people receiving long-term pensions and welfare allowances went up by 13.2 thousand or 7.2 percent, and an amount of the pensions and allowances increased MNT 5.0 billion or by 5.1 percent. - By the first nine months of this year, 177.8 billion Togrog were given from the Human Development Fund to 983.6 thousand children below 18 as a cash benefit.