This was announced in the draft state budget for 2022, announced by the Ministry of Finance.

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It is noted that next year the cost of repayment of public debt is expected to exceed 10 trillion soums and the cost of interest payments on public debt service will exceed 4 trillion soums.

In addition, in 2022, 11.7 trillion soums will be allocated for expenditures related to the increase in salaries, pensions, stipends, allowances and tariffs for some services.

It is planned to allocate 14 trillion soums to the Pension Fund, 1 trillion soums to finance educational loans and 600 billion soums to the State Health Insurance Fund.