Pension payments for non-working retirees will be indexed by 7.5% in 2024, reported With reference to the draft budget of the Social Fund of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. The bill was previously submitted to the State Duma by the government.
According to the head of the Ministry of Labor Anton Kotyakov, the project ensures timely and complete fulfillment of all social obligations; The indexation of pensions will take place from January 1 next year.
“The average old-age insurance pension for those who are not working will increase by 1,628 rubles to 23,405 rubles,” the ministry said in a statement.
According to the Ministry of Labor, a total of 10 trillion rubles will be spent on pension payments next year.
military retirement
The Russian government also introduced the State Duma invoiceIncreased pensions of military personnel. In accordance with the explanatory note, it is proposed to increase the monetary allowance from which the amount of payments to military retirees is calculated.
According to current legislation, military pension is a certain percentage of the salary for military rank, rank and special rank. At the beginning of 2024, this figure should be 78% of the salary, but the Council of Ministers proposes to increase this figure. If the initiative is accepted, it will be 85.47% of the salary as of January 1 and 89.32% as of October 1. Thus, pensions will increase by 4.5 percent in October next year.
What other payments will increase in 2024?
Minister Kotyakov also announced an increase in temporary disability and maternity benefits for working Russians. He said that the introduction of a single tariff and a single tax base in insurance premiums facilitated the increase in payments.
Thus, the maximum amount of temporary disability benefits will increase to 122 thousand rubles per month, this year it will be 83 thousand. Maternity payments will increase to 565 thousand rubles against the current 383 thousand, and child care benefits under one and a half years old will increase to 49 thousand rubles per month, currently 33.2 thousand rubles.
In total, the budget includes 1.2 trillion rubles for payments for sick leave, pregnancy, childbirth and child care.
Next year, maternity capital will be indexed to the inflation rate from February 1, while monthly payments to veterans, disabled Russians, assistance to radiation victims and other support measures will be increased.
In 2024, it is planned to spend 2.2 trillion rubles to support families with children, this amount will be used for maternity capital, single allowance and payments at the birth of the child.
How reported In the Russian government, 4.4 trillion rubles will be allocated for a single benefit for families with children in the next three years alone, which will ensure payments to more than 10 million Russian citizens. By 2026, 1.6 trillion rubles will be spent on maternity capital, and more than 482 billion rubles will be used to improve the living conditions of families.
Source: Gazeta
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