Четвърт

The successes we have achieved over the past quarter century in building the economic power of Bulgaria do not make us happy in themselves. The Bulgarian Communist Party has always placed and places man above all else; caring for man has always been and is its primary concern. There are many dimensions that characterize the increase in the standard of living of our people. Let us take, for example, the real income per capita. In the period 1953-1968 alone, it increased from 341 leva to 933 leva (at 1952 prices), or nearly three times. The line of gradual wage increases and reductions in the prices of consumer goods is consistently being pursued in our country, an expression of which is the decree of the Central Committee of the Party and the Council of Ministers for further raising the standard of living of the people, published a few days ago.