The fund for awards and benefits for professional soldiers will be increased to PLN 279 million – according to the decision of the Minister of National Defense, amending the budget decision for 2023. This is an increase of as much as PLN 196 million.
The entry informing about the decision of the head of the Ministry of National Defense appeared on Wednesday in the Official Journal of the Minister of National Defense. The decision on this matter was made on November 7.
More for rewards
The fund for awards and benefits for professional soldiers, as we read in the decision of the head of the Ministry of National Defense, is to be set “in the amount of PLN 299,993 thousand, including PLN 279,211 thousand for awards and PLN 20,782 thousand for benefits.”
In the previous version of these provisions from February 17 this year. we could read that the fund for awards and benefits for professional soldiers will be set “in the amount of PLN 103,911 thousand, including PLN 83,129 thousand for awards and PLN 20,782 thousand for benefits.”
This means that the amount allocated for awards for soldiers will increase by as much as PLN 196 million.
We asked the Ministry of Defense to explain why it was decided to increase the prize fund. However, by the time the article was published, we had not received a response.
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