OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2008. In 2009 an average monthly wage, taking into account the inflation rate, will be UAH 2093. Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko stated, presenting in the Verkhovna Rada the draft State Budget for 2009 and the Government’s Action Program.

The Head of Government stressed that in 2008 an expected average monthly wage amounts UAH 1840. And next year its increase is forecasted. “Taking into account the inflation rates average monthly wage is expected on such basis that the people could feel the stability in social expenditures,” Yulia Tymoshenko said.

Moreover, the Prime Minister of Ukraine informed that privileges revision will be held, first of all, for officials. “If these privileges have no right to exist, they should be reduced beginning with the privileges for deputies and officials,” Yulia Tymoshenko noted and added that for the key privileged groups, those who need the national assistance, privileges are to be preserved.