Overview
- City officials say 100.9 km of roads have been refurbished in 2025, bringing execution to 96%, after installing roughly 40 km of storm drains over 2024–25 and programming 30 km more for 2026.
- Public‑sector pay moves advanced on two tracks, with Ulaanbaatar raising utilities engineers’ average salary to 3.319 million MNT (a 50–60% base increase) and the government mapping a phased path to 3.5 million MNT for teachers by 2028, contingent on financing estimated at about 3.3 trillion MNT annually.
- Parliament agreed to prepare first‑reading debate on Food Law amendments that would create a Food Control and Regulation Agency under the deputy prime minister to tighten oversight across the supply chain.
- Energy officials reported 2024 electricity use was covered 75.4% by domestic generation and 24.6% by imports, cautioning that winter peak capacity remains tight even as batteries and new plants come online.
- Political tensions persisted as some lawmakers urged Speaker D. Amarbayasgalan to step aside for inquiry, while his lawyer said calls for an investigation lack legal basis and a rival legislator aired additional allegations.