Governmental Decree No. 783 validating the Concept of social protection of the population.

Concept of social protection of the population is a nationwide policy document adopted by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan. The development of the Concept is due to significant changes that have taken place in Tajikistan over the past few years, such as: the stabilization of the political situation, the improvement of macroeconomic indicators and, against their background, the persistence of a number of problems in the field of social protection of the population, the backlog of the outdated legal and institutional framework for managing social policy. The duration of the Concept shall be open-ended.
The main goals of the reform of social protection of the population are: (a) implementation of the right of citizens to labor and social protection guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan; (b) formation of a financially stable system based on social insurance principles; (c) ensuring multi-channel financing of the social protection system; (d) adaptation of the social protection system in the conditions of developing market relations; (e) rationalization and optimization of conditions for the provision of social payments and pensions; and (f) reduction of administrative costs.
Social protection reform shall be based upon the following principles: (a) compliance of the amount of guaranteed social payments with the financial capabilities of the state; (b) adherence to the principle of targeting based on the use of various (including indirect) methods for assessing real need of the population; and (c) ensuring the effective redistribution of the available financial resources of the state in favor of the needy segments of the population.
The social policy of the Republic of Tajikistan should be based on the system of state minimum social standards, development of which it is expedient to carry out in two main directions: (a) substantiation of the norms regulating the sphere of monetary income of citizens and providing guarantees for them to acquire a minimum of goods and services that are provided on a paid basis; and (b) covering the area of free provision of a minimum of socially significant services.
The state must ensure the subsistence minimum for the main socio-demographic groups of the population, which is a cost estimate of the minimum consumer basket, including a set of food, non-food products and services, as well as mandatory payments and fees (contributions). The consumer basket is determined for the country as a whole, as well as for the three main socio-demographic groups of the population (children, able-bodied population, pensioners), the minimum consumer sets that differ significantly from each other. The subsistence minimum in the national territory is intended for: (a) indication of the standard of living of the population in the development and implementation of social policy and state social programs; and (b) substantiation of the minimum wage, as well as to determine the amount of scholarships, allowances and other social benefits.
The tasks of the demographic development of Tajikistan are: (a) in the area of health promotion and life expectancy - increase in life expectancy of the population; increase in the duration of a healthy (active) life; reduction of maternal and child mortality; - improving the quality of life of chronically ill and disabled people; (b) in the field of family planning and strengthening of family - comprehensive strengthening of the institution of the family as a form of harmonious life of the individual; creation of conditions for self-realization of youth; ensuring targeted social protection of the family.