Overview
- Deputy Speaker Kh. Bulgantuya’s request to recuse Justice O. Munkhsaikhan was not accepted, and the justice presented his report before the session shifted to a closed format.
- The teachers’ strike continues with roughly 20,000 educators participating as the union declined to accept the government’s offer to raise salaries by 20% on January 1, 2026 and a further 10% on July 1, while pressing for a 3.5 million MNT base pay this year.
- Parliamentary committees advanced work to fold wage measures into the 2026 budget, with an outline to lift pay by 20% for education staff and 15% for health workers requiring substantial additional funding.
- A pensions working group recommended increasing benefits by a total of 10.3% in 2026, which would need an extra 267.1 billion MNT and be distributed as a flat 42,000 MNT monthly top‑up to limit disparities.
- To ease winter shortages, Tavantolgoi Tülsh doubled deliveries to 10 tons per day at 400 sales points and temporarily limited households to three sacks per purchase, as health experts and UNFPA urged coordinated action on rising mental‑health and youth suicide concerns.