In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Dilmurod Davlatzoda, the Director of the Agency for Social Insurance and Pensions under the Government of Tajikistan, said on August 4 that the Government allocates 261.2 million somonis (equivalent to some 24 million US dollars) monthly to pay pensions, which 7.9 million somonis (TJS), or 3.1 percent, more than last year.