In January, pensioners and benefit recipients in Armenia received 33.3 billion drams in cashback

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YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. In January 2026, pensioners and benefit recipients in Armenia received 33.3 billion drams in cashback for non-cash payments, announced Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.

“400,572 people are using the program,” Torosyan said while presenting the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs’ 2025 activity report to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday.

According to the data presented by the minister, the volume of non-cash transactions under the program as of January 2026 amounted to approximately 359.7 billion drams.

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