On March 17, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan were sent on a business trip to the Republic of Kazakhstan in order to return children left without parental care to their homeland.
Disability pensions may be awarded by medical and social expert commissions to persons with obvious signs of disability and anatomical defects, if they are recognized as persons with disabilities based on a medical report.
Round-the-clock "Primary care rooms" for victims of domestic violence have been set up in hospitals in 192 districts and cities of the republic.
On February 27, 2025, an online meeting was held between the Director of the National Agency for Social Protection under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, M. Olloyorov, and the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Turkmenistan, M. Silapov.
False information is currently being disseminated on social media that salaries, pensions and benefits will increase by 10% from March 1 and August 1, 2025.
The Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan (No. ZRU-1030 dated 02/13/2025) introduced amendments and additions to the Labor Code.
On February 11, three Uzbek minors were returned to their homeland with the assistance of employees of the Temporary Detention Center in Moscow and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Today, on February 6, two minors who found themselves in a difficult life situation arrived at Tashkent airport. They are a three-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy who were left unattended in Moscow after their parents' deportation.
The Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On additional measures to further improve the system of providing social services and assistance to children with disabilities" (No. PP-41 dated 02/03/2025) was adopted.
The poverty rate in Uzbekistan at the end of 2024, according to international standards, decreased from 11% to 8.9% (by 3.3 million people or 719 thousand less than in 2023).
