The Ministry of Finance proposed to stop paying pensions to working pensioners.
The initiative provides for the abolition of pensions for those whose income exceeds 500 thousand rubles per year (that is, a little more than 40 thousand per month) and the abolition of the fixed payment for those whose income is above two and a half subsistence minimums (the subsistence minimum for pensioners in Moscow is 10,883 rubles) . Thus, it is proposed to balance the federal budget in 2017-2019 at the expense of pensioners.
According to Rosstat, 35.7% of pensioners officially work in Russia. This is 15,259,000 people, of which 759,000 are disabled. The average old-age pension in 2020, as reported by the head of the Pension Fund Anton Drozdov, is 13,123 rubles.
Law on recalculation of pensions for non-working pensioners in 2019
On March 4, 2020, a bill was introduced to the State Duma providing for the recalculation of pensions for those pensioners who receive social supplements up to the subsistence level. On the same day, the draft law was approved by the State Duma Council and included in the State Duma consideration program. State Duma deputies approved this bill in the first reading on March 12. The next reading took place on March 19, 2019 , and the final third reading took place on March 21. On March 27, the bill was approved by the Federation Council. On April 1, the law was signed by President V. Putin.
Law on recalculation of pensions for non-working pensioners in 2020
How is work experience taken into account?
The length of service of a working pensioner is taken into account in the general manner, provided that he is officially employed and the employer pays mandatory insurance contributions for him.
The Pension Fund annually receives from the employer information regarding the person insured in the compulsory pension insurance system about:
- places and working conditions;
- periods of labor and other activities for which pension points are awarded;
- the amount of transferred insurance premiums;
- duration of insurance period;
- the number of accumulated pension points.
Based on this information, the pensioner is awarded additional individual points and the amount of the assigned pension is recalculated.
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If a pensioner works unofficially, then such length of service is not taken into account by the Pension Fund for the purpose and recalculation of pensions.
New indexing rules in 2020
On V. Putin’s instructions, in 2020 the indexation scheme for minimum pensions and the procedure for calculating social supplements . Now pensions will be increased above the subsistence level. In order to understand the difference between the indexing order according to the old and new rules, let’s consider the indexing scheme using specific examples.
For example, a pensioner in 2020 was assigned an insurance pension in the amount of 7,500 rubles, but in fact he received the amount of the regional PMP - 8,500 rubles.
- Indexing according to the old rules. As a result of indexation, his pension provision was increased to 8,028.75 rubles. (that is, at 528.75), while social. the surcharge decreased from 1000 to 471.25 rubles. But in fact, the size of the payment to the pensioner has not changed - he still receives 8,500.
- Indexation according to new rules (in connection with V. Putin’s message). The pension will be indexed to 8028.75 rubles, and the amount of social benefits. surcharges will not be changed. That is, the amount of the pension according to the new rules will be 8028.75 + 1000 = 9028.75 rubles. Since the underpaid amounts will also be compensated, the pensioner will be paid an additional 2,115 rubles. (what he did not receive in January-April). The pensioner will receive the newly calculated payment and compensation for the first months in May 2020.
In the same way, each pensioner will be able to calculate what the new amount of his pension payment will be and what additional payment he will receive for the first months of the year. In addition, the recalculation concerns the unified social pension, which was indexed by 4.3% in February, and social pensions, which were increased by 2% in April.
It is worth noting that the recalculation of pensions in connection with Putin’s message applies only to those pensioners who were assigned social supplements up to the pensioner’s subsistence level. For those whose pension provision was greater than the PMP, nothing will be recalculated, since their payments were indexed correctly.
How legal is it to deprive working pensioners of pensions?
Depriving the pensions of those who, working all their lives, paid for them, is robbery: “All pensioners are insured under pension insurance. And they all paid contributions with the expectation that when they reached retirement age - this is an insurance event - they would receive a pension. And this proposal violates a basic principle of law. This also applies to indexation of pensions. We have been paying contributions for decades in order to have not just a pension, but an indexed pension. The law on indexation of social payments was adopted in the early 90s. And now we discover that our pensions were taken and unilaterally cut. And since this violates all legal norms, it was simply stolen.”
Putin on pensions in his Address of 02/20/2019
Vladimir Putin, addressing the Federal Assembly, said that pensioners receiving minimum pensions were treated unfairly. When indexing was carried out in January 2020, it turned out that “there was either no increase in pensions at all, or it turned out to be much less than the person expected.” The President instructed to immediately eliminate this error, recalculate payments above the subsistence level and return the lost money to citizens.
Text of Putin's address to the Federal Assembly
The law was signed by the President and published on April 1, 2020. According to the new indexation scheme, the size of the pension will be brought to the level of the PMP, and then an additional payment will be assigned from the indexation of the pension and the size of the monthly allowance. for these purposes in 2020 , and until 2024, about 150 billion rubles will be required for these purposes.
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Cancellation of coronavirus payments and benefits
As of October 1, the payment of benefits introduced temporarily due to COVID-19 pandemic and a number of coronavirus benefits will cease.
In particular, from October the payment of one-time benefits for children in the amount of ten thousand rubles, introduced during the coronavirus pandemic, will cease. Such benefits were paid twice: in June for children from three to 16 years of age and in July for all children under 16 years of age. Applications for these payments from those who did not receive the money on time will be accepted until September 30.
Also, as of October 1, applications for one-time coronavirus payments for children under three years of age (15 thousand rubles, five thousand each for three months) are no longer accepted.
In addition, from October 1, a number of coronavirus reliefs and benefits will cease. The non-application procedure for paying benefits for children from three to seven years of age for low-income families will be abolished: now they will again have to write an application and provide a package of documents, including confirming the family income. These payments are intended for families where the average monthly income for each member does not exceed the sum of two regional subsistence minimums.
Also, starting in October, Russia will no longer automatically extend unemployment benefits, as was the case at the height of the pandemic. In addition, the program for a three-month payment of increased unemployment benefits of 12,130 rubles, which was paid to individual entrepreneurs forced to close their business after March 1, 2020, is being closed.
In October, the face-to-face procedure for confirming disability, which was canceled during the pandemic, returns, but the automatic extension of subsidies for housing and communal services, on the contrary, is cancelled.
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- Svetlana 02.24.2019 at 20:31
Good evening. I am a pensioner and disabled person, pension is 7900 and social package is 2100. Will anything be added to me after the Presidential decree? The living wage for a pensioner in the Samara region is 8,400 rubles. Thank you in advance.answer
- Lyudmila 04/15/2019 at 19:28
Pension up to PMP plus social benefits, and then the total amount is indexed by 7.05%. According to the law, PMP in the regions is not lower than the federal one for recalculation. That's what the message said. Then the recalculation will be correct. PMP was underestimated in the regions. Then there will be a significant increase in pensions for pensioners whose pension is 8 thousand or 9 thousand. Moreover, the minimum wage has become equal to the PMP since 2020. This approach will increase pensions and help the poor get at least a little closer to the average pension. The pension will be 13, 14 thousand rubles.
The examples given in the calculation do not bring up such a sum, and pensioners will again be deceived. Such a recalculation should have taken place in 2018. This will be true. Indeed, the financial assistance of 8 thousand pensions is barely enough to pay the receipts. We need it for food and clothing. Every pensioner with a minimum pension expects such a recalculation.
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It seems that in addition to the President, there are pawns in the Duma and the Pension Fund. And without Putin, they didn’t know that they had cheated all the pensioners? You look at these meetings and you are amazed. Are there really only morons and henchmen living in the country who hold on to their homes? Poor Putin, when will he get a decent team?
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Mikhail Yakovlevich 05/13/2019 at 15:35
Poor Putin needs to resign!
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Minimum pension 8846 including additional payment. Will it be recalculated and what approximately will the amount be?
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- Sima 04/29/2019 at 13:30
I live in Nalchik, KBR
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Hello! I have a survivor’s pension for my child of 2700. How can you live on that kind of money?
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Why in the Perm region was the PM increased by only 36 rubles? Housing and communal services, food, necessary goods, and transport fares have increased significantly. Doesn't Mr. Reshetnikov know about this? “Makaroshki”, by the way, which is highly recommended by some superiors, has also increased in price quite well. 36 rubles is a joke!
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My pension is 8846, how much will I receive after recalculation?
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The broad gesture of the Government makes me want to cry. If they had not stopped indexing in 2020, the pension today would have been normal. And now it has become 500 rubles. more, i.e. instead of 8000 rub. — 8500 rub. I don't want to go out. In two years, who will index them? Or like one of the deputies: small pensions for alcoholics and parasites. We were also condemned for perestroika.
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Here I have a pension of 8846 along with additional payment. And how much will I now receive after indexing?
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- Luda 04/09/2019 at 16:18
Oksana, if you count according to the scheme presented here, then take your pension without additional payment and plus a thousand. Like this.
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I have an insurance pension of 8172.98 and a social supplement of 673.02. How much extra will I be paid from April 1, 2020?
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Hello. I live in Evpatoria, Crimea. I am disabled group 3, my pension was 8430 kopecks. For 2 months in a row I have been receiving 7900-7800. When I call the Pension Fund, they answer me that social supplements to the pension according to the law of the Russian Federation have been underestimated, and now my pension will be like this (((Excuse me, but where should I go? Through the court? After all, my pension has become below the subsistence level, and the Pension Fund is apparently out of ignorance , roughly speaking, sends. I don’t know through whom this can be resolved. Please, tell me.
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- Natalya 05/03/2019 at 08:27
Don't trust anyone. All this is done locally. The pension funds themselves, social services. Of course, by order from above!
I myself am a pensioner with a pension of 8626 rubles. And when they began to “muddy the waters” and sort things out, provide them with laws, etc., they brazenly respond to this: “You understand this this way, but we interpret it differently. And it will be as we designate!” This is what we have come to.
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I'm on a roll too! Where is your pension? They give and at the same time take away. When will this pension come?
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Hello. I receive 34,000 and a few kopecks for the loss of a breadwinner for 3 children and for myself. Will my pension be recalculated or not?
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- Irina 04/26/2019 at 10:11
They will recalculate everyone who receives additional payments up to the subsistence level. If you are assigned such an additional payment, then they will recalculate you too.
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Wouldn’t it have been easier for everyone, regardless of the size of their pension, to add 1,000 rubles, as Putin said? After all, again, pensioner deputies received the least, as always. Poor people.
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Hello. On January 31, 2020, I quit my job. In May I received a pension, taking into account indexation. But they didn’t pay me the difference for three months. They said there was no money and they would transfer it next month. Are their actions legal? Thank you.
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I have a 3rd disability group, my insurance pension is 5941 rubles. Social additional payment 449 rubles, daily allowance 1041 rubles. In May they added 40 rubles to me. Am I entitled to this supplement or not?
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Group 2 disability pension - 5180. Plus additional payments, I get 8404. So why won’t they increase my pension to 8404 and add EDV, compensation for housing and communal services and indexation of 2%?
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It would be much easier to assign pensions above the subsistence level and not to embarrass ourselves with these federal surcharges, which now, according to the new law, will increase, but the size of the pension will not increase. Before the new law, the size of the pension gradually increased. And what will happen if additional payments are cancelled?
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It seems that in Crimea the Pension Fund never heard the President’s message. Sadly! I am a disabled person of group 2, my saved pension since 2020 is 7972 rubles. has remained unchanged, and does not even reach the subsistence level. But the EDV was indexed from February 1 and amounted to 2701.62, which is 111 rubles. higher than last year. I wonder if there are any lawyers who could sort out this pension chaos?
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My child’s insurance pension assigned by the Pension Fund was 2702, federal social security. additional payment 6132. In general, the pension was 8600 rubles. After recalculation according to Putin’s decree, we received 700 rubles for 3 months, 170 rubles per month. This is our additional payment after recalculation - 170 rubles. And the pension will be 8800, which is not far from the subsistence level.
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As always, we were simply cheated with vouchers. We are not Russians, we are a nation of waiting people. We have been waiting all our lives for something, a good king, a revolution, communism, a bright future, a good job, a decent pension, a secure old age, and so on and so forth. When my time comes, I will ask you to knock out everything said above on the stove and add that I have at least waited for something.
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I have been a pensioner for five years. I have been assigned a pension of 4,700 for my entire working life since 2014. Why is it so little? I answer!
The ex-wife of an officer, she worked with her husband for 2 years, before that she worked for 3 years while he was studying at a military school. I had more than once breaks in my work experience with the birth of my children, with a change in place of residence. She worked in various fields and served in the army. Total experience 20 years. I believe that my pension was calculated incorrectly. And I have three children! They didn't pay anything extra for them. This is absurd! This is how they work at PF! Now I have a pension of 8547 and plus an additional payment of 1067.
In 2020, she underwent hip replacement surgery. Surgery is planned for the other hip. I don't have any benefits. I was not given disability only after the second operation. I live alone on my pension and I also pay for the apartment. I don't have money for medicine. Children don't help because... your financial difficulties. How can I continue to live? I have been a single woman for 31 years. A diagnosis of osteoporosis was made. And there are many such single women living on a minimum pension.
What advice can I get from a lawyer to get disability without waiting for a second hip surgery? It’s easier to lay hands on yourself! There will be one less pensioner. Where is justice, where is honesty and kindness?
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What signal is being sent to people?
“A significant part of working pensioners work precisely because the money they receive as a pension is not enough for them to live on. You understand, half of our medicine is paid, and if you do not belong to a very limited group of the privileged population, your medicines are paid for. We do not have drug insurance. If you, with your illnesses, understand that in a few years you will not be able to take care of yourself, but you have no children or wife, and you will have to pay someone for it, then there is no insurance for this case either. Therefore, pensioners are straining with all their might. And despite old age, weakness and illness, they work and save money. And if you are left without savings, what do you do? You go and work again, earn money again, as long as you have at least some strength.
Therefore, apparently, the guiding idea is the following: when you reach retirement age, die.
