Cabinet held its regular session yesterday and approved the appointment of Khaltar Luvsan, Vice President of Ulaanbaatar Railway Joint Stock Venture, as the Deputy Minister of Road and Transport Development. The session also touched upon the establishment of Development center for the Disabled, electoral budget of the repolling and national program on children’s dental care. After the session, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Chinzorig Sodnom informed that he is planning to organize a trilateral meeting with the Government and Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions. He then highlighted that he will be presenting a bill on salary raise to the Cabinet next week.

GOVT TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT BY TRAINING THE DISABLED

At the initiative of the Prime Minister Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, the Cabinet issued a resolution to establish a Development Center for the Disabled (DCD). In doing so, 35 employees of Rehabilitation and Training Center will be transferred to the the DCD without having to allocate extra financing from the State Budget. According to statistics, 103,630 people, which equals 3.3 percent of the entire population, is currently disabled and 42 percent of households that have a disabled member are poverty-struck. Only 28 percent of disabled people between the age of 15 and 59 are employed and 43 percent of 6-18 years old children are illiterate.

MNT 390 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR REPOLL

Cabinet approved to allocate MNT 390 million for the repolling in the 42nd electoral district at the session. The electoral budget will be financed from the Cabinet’s reserve fund, of which MNT 228.1 million will be spent on the Parliamentary repolling, while the remaining MNT 162.5 million has been allocated for the reelections of Citizens’ Representative Khural of Bulgan, Dornogobi, Dornod, Sukhbaatar, Orkhon, Khentii, Zavkha and Gobi-Altai aimags according to the Cabinet.

NATIONAL PROGRAM ON CHILDREN'S DENTAL HYGIENE

Healthy Teeth - Healthy Children program to be implemented nationwide in 2018-2022. The program financing of MNT 37 billion is expected to be allocated from the State Budget, foreign aid, investment, public, private sector partnerships and other sources. By maintaining sustainable financing and developing cooperation of multiple sectors, the program aims to improve the quality of children’s dental care service and reduce dental prevalence of children by 30 percent and cavity by four points. The decision is related to the increased dental problems among children. A study conducted in 2011 shows that around 87-96 percent of 5-6 years old children 65.3 percent of 12 year olds and 67.5 percent of adults had cavity and experts perceive the number has increased in recent years. Presently, a total of 1049 dental clinics operate throughout the country, of which 77 percent of them are state-owned. The Cabinet highlighted to supply necessary equipment, workforces to local clinics and support welfare and insurance for the public

Published Date:2018-08-16