- For the families composed only of work-unable persons (children, adults with disabilities, persons aged above 75 years (62 for the aid for the cold period of the year)) – the income derived from agricultural activities;

For 2017 the GMMI was established in the amount of 961 MDL. The GMMI is subject to annual indexation based on the CPI index for the previous year.

# Other social assistance benefits

In 2017 this category spent 1.74 billion MDL. It covers a vast number of different benefits, including subsidized tickets for treatment in balneary stations, summer camp vacations for children from vulnerable families, pension supplements up to the level of the minimal pension, and others.

However, the dominant item is the “supplementary financial support to some beneficiaries of pensions and social allocations”. The annual amount spent was approximately 1 billion MDL in 2017. Total number of beneficiaries was roughly equal to 560,000 persons, with the average supplement slightly more than 140 MDL / month.

With an annual amount of 557 million MDL, the pensions supplements up to the level of the minimal pension ranks the second in the category of other social assistance benefits. Slightly more than 153,000 persons were entitled to receive the supplement, which averaged 300 MDL.

# Students’ scholarships and subsidies

Students from superior and VET education are entitled to education scholarships (stipends). There are three types of public scholarships: the general education scholarships, the merit scholarships and the social scholarship. Scholarships can be provided to up to 70% of the local students enrolled in public-funded programs in educational establishments. Within this limit, scholarships can be provided both to budget-funded students and to those paying tuition fees. Details on the general education scholarships for different educational levels are provided in the Table A9, A10, and A11.

# **Table A9. General education scholarships for the tertiary education – cycle 3 (PhD program), resident doctors, clinical secondary doctors and post-doctoral students.**

|Nr.<br>crt.|Categories of scholarship|Amount of the monthly<br>scholarship, MDL|
|---|---|---|
|**1.**|PhD students in the 1 year of study enrolled immediately after the graduation of<br>the faculty and those with work experience less than 3 years.|1155|
|**2.**|PhD students in the 2<sup>nd</sup>year of study enrolled immediately after the graduation<br>of the faculty and those with work experience less than 3 years.|1280|
|**3.**|PhD students enrolled in the 3<sup>rd</sup>year of study mentioned in the rows 1 and 2<br>above and PhD students who before admission had work experience more than<br>3 years.|1325|
|**4.**|Resident doctors in 1<sup>st</sup>years of residency|1155|
|**5.**|Resident doctors in 2<sup>nd</sup>and 3<sup>rd</sup>years of residency|1280|
|**6.**|Resident doctors in 4<sup>th</sup>and 5<sup>th</sup>years of residency, clinical secondary doctors<br>enrolled in secondment program immediately after graduating the faculty.|1325|
|**7.**|Clinical secondary doctors enrolled in secondment program with work experience<br>as doctors.|The position wage|
|**8.**|Post-doctoral students working on the thesis for the title of “doctor habilitat”|Average<br>wage<br>received<br>before admission to post-<br>doctoral studies, but not<br>more than average wage per<br>economy last year.|

_Source: Annex 1 of the Regulatory framework for provision of student scholarships..., Government Decision no.1009 of 1 of September 2006._ 45