Overview
- Lawmakers elected J. Bat‑Erdene deputy speaker with 78% support and tasked him to perform the speaker’s duties until a new speaker is chosen.
- H. Ganhuuyag was appointed and took the oath as Deputy Prime Minister, with responsibilities spanning regional development, free zones, disaster management and standards.
- Health workers postponed a planned strike after evening talks with ministers, as tripartite negotiations move to formalize salary calculations following a union‑cited 75% pay‑rise decision.
- UNICEF‑backed education measures are set to start, with 75‑student rural primary schools opening Nov 14 in Uvs and Nov 15 in Khovd, and a Dec 1–June 1 pilot in 10 Ulaanbaatar schools to support cognitive development and curb digital addiction.
- City energy and safety actions are scaling up, with 5,000 homes beginning central gas connections from Nov 15 and a 200,000 MNT incentive paid via national ID and the Hotula app, while police report 917 child road‑injury cases in Jan–Oct and launch a visibility campaign.