The Government decided on Wednesday to grant extra wages to prison workers because of the tough conditions under which they have to work. The decision takes effect on January 1, 2012 and the money will come from the organizational budget.

The Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science on Wednesday postponed the first reading of two draft laws, one on health insurance and the other on social welfare. This was the sixth time this happened with the latter.

The President`s Foreign Policy Advisor, L Purevsuren, has denied media reports of any letter to Ts.Elbegdorj from the Director of the Rosneft Group in Russia.  At the same time, an official of The Petroleum Authority has said such a letter

The Civil Will-Green Party has explained why it supports the DP view that in the proposed new election system, 50 MPs should be elected in proportion to the total votes received by parties while 26 would be chosen in the

The Chief of the Standing Committee on Social Policy,
Education, Culture and Science, D.Ochirbat, read a paper in Tuesday’s open
discussion in Government House on pressing social problems and how to solve
them. He noted Mongolia’s commitment to achieving Millennium Development Goals before
other

Some MPs including
J.Sukhbaatar, Z.Altai, E.Bat-Uul and Ts.Munkh-Orgil submitted on Tuesday a
draft law on automatic voting system to Speaker D.Demberel. This would be part
of the reform of the election process, said the MPs.

The results of the 2010 population and housing census have
been put on the website of the UN Statistical Commission. The population of
Mongolia stood at 2,754,685 on November 10, 2010 and 107,140 Mongolian citizens
had been abroad for six months or more

The State Specialized Inspecting Agency has found
medicines being sold without being recorded in the state register and thus
without any quality guarantee. The country imports medicine from 40 countries
of Europe and Asia, apart from illegal import of mostly spurious drugs. The
result

The team set up by the DP group in Parliament failed at
their closed-door meeting today to find any common ground with the MPP on
changes to the election system. The DP group favors 50 MPs to be elected on the
proportional method

An open discussion on pressing social problems and the
ways to solve them was held yesterday at Government House. Prime Minister
S.Batbold, Ministers for Social Welfare and Labor T.Gandhi, for Health
S.Lambaa, for Education, Culture and Science Yo.Otgonbayar, Chief of the
Standing Committee on