Subsistence minimum can be equated with criterion of need

"As the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, we will have a goal and a proposal to equalize the subsistence minimum with the criterion of need in 2023," Labor Minister Sahil Babayev told the November 10 meeting of the parliamentary committee on economic policy, industry and entrepreneurship that discussed the documents included in next year's state budget envelope, Report informs.

In the end, it will be a decision of the government, he said.

"We will defend it whatever a decision will be," the minister added.