OREANDA-NEWS. August 12, 2010. The Senior Vice Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev requested the Ministry of Coal Industry together with the Ministry of Finance to ensure timely payment of current wages and immediately pay off existing debts to coal industry workers. This instruction he gave during the session of the Cabinet of Ministers.

"If in the beginning of the year we could pay 570 million UAH debt to the companies, subordinated to the Ministry of Coal, then those remaining 17.5 million UAH must be paid immediately" - Andriy Klyuyev said.

He noted that "despite the fact that the debt is reduced, the objectives set by the President and the Government have not been met", and added that in the absence of progress on this issue specific conclusions would be done.

The First Vice Prime Minister also drew the attention of the heads of central and local executive authorities to the need of creation of an absolutely new incomes policy: "It's not just the issues of wages, but also of social protection".

According to him, it is necessary to expedite the preparatory work for provision of subsidies for population to pay for housing and communal services.