Whose pension will be increased?
Adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the second and third readings lawAccordingly, starting from January 1, 2024, the pensions of non-working retirees will increase by 7.5%.
The project was submitted for consideration in September this year, together with the draft federal budget of the Russian Federation and the 2024-2026 extrabudgetary fund budgets. The document says fixed payment amount to insurance pension (monthly cash payment to citizens to compensate for the salary or other income they received during their working career. – socialbites.ca) will rise to 8134.9 rubles. The payment size was originally supposed to be increased from 7567.3 rubles to 7915.4 rubles, but thanks to the change, pensioners will receive payments in line with inflation.
As a result, the average size of the insurance pension will increase by 1,572 rubles to 22,605 rubles, and the old-age pension will increase by 1,631 rubles to 23,449 rubles.
“All necessary funds to support retirees have already been included in the draft federal budget. Additional budget expenditures to increase pensions in 2024 will be approximately 234 billion rubles“, — registered Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower house of parliament.
added more 32 million Russians Pensions will be increased in the new year. According to the State Duma spokesman, Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the authorities to pay retirees at a reasonable level.
According to the law accepted by two votes, the pensions of military personnel and their equivalents will be increased as of October 1, 2024. 4.5%. As Volodin explains, the measure will affect more 2.7 million people.
“Our duty is to support those who ensure the security of our country. In 2022, pensions for military retirees increased by a total of 19.5 percent, and as of October 1, they increased by another 10.5 percent, the official said.
What other payments will be indexed?
in 2024 Payments to pregnant Russian women will increase. The maximum amount of temporary disability benefits will increase to 122 thousand rubles per month, compared to today’s 83 thousand.
The maximum amount of maternity benefits will increase to 565 thousand rubles, currently 383 thousand. Benefits for child care under one and a half years of age will also increase from 33.2 thousand rubles to 49 thousand rubles. The final amount of benefits depends on the salary received by the woman.
In addition, maternity capital and monthly payments to veterans, disabled people and radiation victims will be indexed to the inflation rate.
There will be no 13th pension
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma from LDPR Boris Chernyshov in September this year contributed Draft law on payment of the 13th pension to retirees.
According to the document, the retiree was supposed to receive additional pension before his birthday. The initiators explained this initiative by the fact that many Russians of retirement age are not able to organize a holiday table for themselves.
The idea was rejected due to lack of government approval.
similar invoice contributed In 2021, it was proposed that the payment be made at the beginning of the year. The State Duma decided not to accept it because pensioners receive different amounts of payments as compensation for lost earnings.