Will there be a pension indexation? April

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The growth of pension payments to citizens occurs every year in accordance with legislative regulations, with certain exceptions. The current year is also distinguished by its recalculation features. From the first month, part of the pensioners received an increase that extended to non-working Russian pensioners receiving insurance pension payments. Who will be affected by the indexation of pensions in April 2018?

What pensions will increase from April 1, 2018

The indexation of pensions is provided by law for both insurance coverage and social security. If, for the first type of collateral, an increase was pledged and implemented by law No. 420-FZ, then for the second type, plans for indexing in 2018 were initially expressed in June last year and an increase of 1.2 percent was assumed. The final decision is designated on 02.21.2018 by the head of the Ministry of Labor.

The Ministry of Labor proposed from April 1 to index social pension payments by 2.9%. The draft resolution is published on the official portal of legal acts. Promotion is provided for persons receiving:

• social welfare (people with disabilities, including children, small northern peoples, children without a breadwinner, senior citizens without the necessary insurance experience);
• state support (military, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, “Chernobyl”, pilots, astronauts, civil servants).

It should be recalled that the increase in the insurance type of pensions that has been indexed by 3.7 percent since January 2018 has already taken place. To date, the average amount of payments on the basis of “old age” is 14.075 thousand rubles, in the past period the value was 13.716 thousand rubles. According to the forecasts of the Pension Fund, by 2020 the size will reach the indicator of 15.5 thousand rubles, or in relative terms - 168.3% of the minimum pension subsistence level.

Indexing Social Pensions

The law provides for mandatory annual indexation of social pension payments based on an increase in the cost of living of a citizen-pensioner for the previous financial period. Such a coefficient is determined by the Government of the country by its special decree. The minimum pension level of Russians should not be less than the regional subsistence minimum for a pensioner, determined by place of residence.

If, in combination with other statutory payments, the amount received to a pensioner who does not work falls below the minimum subsistence level, a social surcharge is established for such a person. In 2018, the average minimum value for the whole country was defined as 8726 rubles. The growth rate proposed by the Ministry of Labor project is 2.9 percent. Indexing will allow raising the pension provision to 3.9 million pensioners, among which 3.1 million are recipients of social pensions.

The Pension Fund explains that indexation takes place according to a schedule according to the time specified by legal norms, and social payments, not insurance payments, are indexed. The necessary funds in the budget estimates of the FIU were laid. Moreover, for citizens, the increase will be only a few hundred rubles. Experts note that in the current situation, the increase will be little noticeable for senior citizens.

Regulatory framework

The main legal document regulating the rights of Russians to state pension guarantees, their conditions of appointment and increase is the law No. 166-ФЗ “On state pension provision in the Russian Federation”. Article 5 of this legal act defines the following types of pension provision:

• for experience - length of service;
• by age - old age;
• due to assignment of a disability group;
• when the family has lost the breadwinner;
• social view.

Chapter V of the Law specifies the provisions for the establishment, payment and indexing. Social pension compensation in accordance with Art. 23 of this chapter is established for different periods depending on the basis of accrual:

• in old age - for life;
• on disability - for the period of recognition of a citizen as a disabled person (including possibly without a deadline);
• by the loss of a breadwinner - for a time when a relative of the deceased is declared incapable of work;
• children whose both parents are unknown - for the period of recognition of a person as disabled.

Indexing is provided for such a state security, as well as for an insurance pension type. The indexation procedure is reflected in Article 25 of the said Law 166-FZ. The deadline for the increase is set on the first of April of each year. For 2018, the minimum living wage has already been approved by law No. 362-FZ, and the conversion factor is under consideration for approval by the Government of Russia. In the past 2017, the increase index was 1.2 percent.

Who is eligible for a social pension?

Section 4 of the Law on Pension Security approved a list of persons to whom such state protection is guaranteed. Among such citizens, in addition to persons marked with special merits, there is a category of “disabled Russians”:

• small northern peoples of the age of 55 (male) and 50 (female) years;
• russians age 65 (male) and 60 (female) who have not earned insurance experience;
• disabled citizens from childhood of the 1st group and children with disabilities;
• disabled people of I-III groups;
• a child whose parents have died (single parent), under the age of 18 years and older (when studying full-time in educational institutions until they reach 23 years old).

How much will pension increase in April 2018

The proposed coefficient of relative growth of 2.9 percent in monetary terms is an average of 255 rubles for social pension payments. The average increase for other groups is as follows: for children with disabilities - 378 p., Citizens with disabilities since childhood - 382 p. The average indexed value of the pension provision will amount to 9.062 thousand rubles, for a disabled child - 13.410 thousand rubles.

For citizens who receive payments for dependents, the increase will be as follows: per person - 1762.88 rubles; for two people - 3493.77 rubles; for three people - 5420.65 p. The Ministry of Labor notes that for the state budget, raising a pension for non-working pensioners in April 2018 costs 1.07 billion rubles. Each month, and until the end of the year, it generates additional costs of 9.6 billion rubles.

Old age

On the official website of the Ministry of Labor, it is reported that according to the minimum living wage of a Russian pensioner for 2017, equal to 8315 rubles, and for 2016, equal to 8081 rubles, the rate of increase is defined as 102.9 percent. Therefore, an increase index is proposed in the amount of 2.9%. How can this be taken into account in the current 2018 year compared with the previous year 2017, the social pension for Russians receiving age-related security under art. 18 of the law No. 166-FZ, reflect the data table:

Raising pensions for people with disabilities in April 2018

An increase is also expected for Russians with a disabled group. Changes in payments for these groups are accumulated in the table taking into account the legislatively approved (Article 18 of Law No. 166-FZ) basic and planned figures:

Indexation of pension payments to children with disabilities and children with disabilities

Starting April 1, 2018, the social pension will be raised for children without parents, children with a disabled group, and citizens who are disabled since childhood. The data for these categories is as follows:

Raising the pension for state pension provision

In addition to the aforementioned recipients, guaranteed rights to pension provision are provided by law for special groups of Russians (Article 4 166-FZ):

• federal civil servants;
• military;
• participated in the Great Patriotic War (short. WWII);
• blockades with a special award "Resident of the besieged Leningrad";
• persons affected by radiation / technological disasters (Chernobyl, etc.);
• astronauts;
• test pilots.

According to the materials attached to the draft resolution, the average pension for disability at the military will increase by 355 rubles. and reached 12.688 thousand rubles. Families of the military, who have lost the bread-winner, are increasing payments by 303 p. and equal to an average of 10.746 thousand rubles. For citizens with disabilities resulting from military trauma, and for participants of the Second World War who have 2 pensions, the increase will be 399 and 392 rubles.

The highest indexation refers to the additional financial support of a person for achievements and merits, especially appreciated by the country. The increase is 484 rubles to 17.185 thousand rubles. The experts' comments boil down to the following, that the indicated increase is less than the current inflation and is invisible to the recipient, but the low indexation coefficient fully complies with the conditions under the current legal standards.

Features of the calculation of pension provision

The sizes of state pension are indicated in chapter III 166-FZ. Their definition depends on the category of person and is such values:

• Federal civil servants:
  • With the necessary civil service, 45 percent of the average earnings minus the old age insurance pension (illness due to disability), fixed payments and increases to it. The required length of service for 2018 is 16 years, each year in addition to this length of service gives an increase in pension of 3%. The total amount is limited to 75% of average earnings.
• Military personnel and their families - their disability pension depends on the military rank and cause of disability and is set as a percentage of the social pension provided for in paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 18 166-FZ - 5034.25 p.:
  • soldiers / sailors / sergeants / foremen with disability from military trauma - 300% for the 1st gr .; 250% on the 2nd gr .; 175% in the 3rd group;
  • for disability due to a disease acquired during the service - 250% for the 1st gr .; 200% on the 2nd gr .; 150% in the 3rd group;
  • on the occasion of the death of the breadwinner of an employee of a soldier / sailor / sergeant / foreman for a disabled member of the family (each) - 200% (the reason is a military injury) and 150% (the reason is death from the disease).
• Participants of the Leningrad blockade and the Second World War - the pension is established as a percentage of the social pension provided for in paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Art. 18 166-FZ - 5034.25 p.:
  • 1st gr. disability - 250%;
  • 2nd gr. disability - 200%;
  • 3rd gr. disability - 150%.
• Persons affected by radiation, industrial accidents, and their families - the pension is established as a percentage of the social pension provided for in paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Art. 18 166-FZ - 5034.25 p.:
  • those who received radiation sickness and other diseases or who received disability from radiation during the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant - 250%;
  • living or previously working in a place of radioactive contamination - 200%;
  • in case of loss of breadwinner to families: children (each) - 250% upon death of a single mother or parents, 125% - to other disabled persons, family members.
• Cosmonauts and their families:
  • with a length of service of 25 years (men) / 20 years (women) - 55% of the allowance (earnings); for each year over these periods an increase of 3% is given within 85% of the monetary allowance; with the experience of 20-25 years (men) / 15-20 years (women), the pension is reduced by 2% for each missing year;
  • with disabilities 1 and 2 gr. - 85% allowance; 3 gr. - fifty%;
  • in case of loss of a breadwinner - 40% of disabled family members (each).
• Employed in the flight test service - the pension is established as a percentage of the social pension provided for in paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 18 166-FZ - 5034.25 p.:
  • with a length of service of 25 years (men) / 20 years (women), of which 2/3 or more of the period falls on test flights - 1000% minus the insurance part of the pension and fixed payments to it; for each year over these terms, an increase of 25% of social benefits in the range of 1500%;
  • with an experience of less than 25 years (men) / 20 years (women), of which the flight makes up less than 2/3 of the length of service - 800% minus the insurance part of the pension, fixed payments to it; for each year over these terms, an increase of 25% of social benefits in the range of 1300%;
  • with the experience of 20-25 years (men) / 15-20 years (women), the pension is reduced by 50% of the social pension for each missing year;
  • 1st grade test pilots receive an additional 10% pension.

Disabled soldiers, “Chernobyl victims”, blockers and participants of the Second World War - whose dependents contain disabled relatives (child, grandson, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, elderly parents and spouse), social allowance for calculation increases by 1,678.08 rubles, multiplied by the number of disabled people, but not more than three family members.

For those living in the Far North (areas equated to it, and other areas where additional physiological, financial costs are required), the increase in the above charges is additionally done by multiplying by the district coefficient depending on the place of residence. When the recipient leaves the region, the district coefficient is then not involved in the calculation.

The size of state pensions since April 2018

Given the planned indexation, an increase in pension payments of certain groups of Russians and an increase in military pensions from April 2018 apply to all recipients of state pensions, for whom the size of payments is determined as a percentage of social pension:

Recipient	Payments until increase 04/01/2018, p.	Payments after increase 04/01/2018, p.
"Chernobyl"
Soldiers with disabilities acquired during military service due to injury / illness
	15102,75 / 12585,63
	12585,63 / 10068,5
	8809,94 / 7551,38
Military families after their death	10068,5 / 7551,38
Disabled World War II, blockade

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Unfortunately, very few Russian pensioners can adequately live on the pension allowance that is prescribed by law. This is especially true for the most vulnerable Russian citizens: disabled people, veterans and people receiving other social benefits. That is why the promise from April 1 raised a lot of questions: how and to whom the increase is due, how much others will add. We note right away that the planned increase is unlikely to significantly increase the standard of living of Russian pensioners, since prices in stores, unfortunately, are growing much faster than pensions are indexed.

Pension changes 2016

The last increase in pension actually showed that it occurs mainly on paper. The situation is no better this year. If you really look at things, you can see that pensioners will have to tighten their belts even tighter. The fact is that pensions are not going to be raised, but simply indexed at the appropriate level of inflation.

The increase in pension from April 1 will only affect social contributions: accruals for old age, loss of breadwinner or disability. Payments to all these categories of citizens will be increased by only 4%. The payment procedure is spelled out in Federal Law No. 400, which regulates the nature of the annual adjustments for social payments. The same law regulated the previous increase on February 1: benefits - by 7%, pensions and monthly cash payments - by 4%.

Such an insignificant, purely formal percentage increase in pensions is due to the fact that the federal budget has a clear shortage of funds. But it is he who subsidizes Russia.

It is worth noting that this is the second, albeit slight increase since the beginning of the year. However, all these payments still do not cover the current inflation rate, fixed at 12.9 percent.

Who can count on indexing?

In principle, all social pensioners, both ordinary and those who continue to work, can count on the April Fools' surprise. An amount equivalent to the growth of the fund’s revenue will be allocated for these purposes. So, they can hope for an increase in their pension from April 1:

Who will be deprived of their pension

Initially, it was assumed that indexing the size of the retirement pension will only be to those working pensioners who are officially employed and receive a “white” wage. And even then, only when the size of the latter is at least 2.5 times larger than the official size in this region.

However, in practice, everything turned out to be wrong. Now, retirees who continue to work, can no longer expect to receive allowances and indexation. However, if the labor activity is terminated after the indexation, the pension allowance will be recalculated taking into account all previous indexations. It turns out that now citizens who theoretically have taken a well-deserved rest, but continue to work, have no indexation at all, at least until they actually stop working. More precisely, there will be an increase, but only on paper, the money will be counted after the pensioner leaves his job.

Pensions for civil servants

The increase in pensions from April 1 will not affect this category of citizens either. Since in February, gentlemen, officials have already received a small “supplement” to their retirement, the next increase should be expected no earlier than autumn, and only then if there is money.

In addition, officials are waiting for another surprise. It is expected that from 01.01.17 a law will be enacted increasing 63 years for women and 65 for men. It is also planned to increase the period of compulsory work in the civil service, which gives the right to accrue pension benefits from 15 years to 20. And high-ranking officials are supposed to cancel surcharges for which it is quite logical, given their already considerable salaries and pensions.

Will old-age pension increase

But older Russians receiving old-age social benefits can expect a pension increase from April 1. The average surcharge for this category of citizens will be 250 rubles. Thus, the average pension (social) amount will amount to 8 thousand 560 rubles, old-age insurance benefit - 13 thousand 132 rubles.

Average pension after indexation to persons with disabilities

Since the percentage of increase in pension is the same for all those who are entitled to indexation (4%), the payment to disabled children will increase by as much as 450 Russian rubles. A little less - 440 rubles - will receive disabled people who have received their status during the passage of military service.

But the increase in labor decided to postpone to October, so that in April there is nothing to wait.

Other promotions

367 rubles - this is exactly the amount that families of military conscripts who receive a survivor's pension will receive in addition. Most of all, namely by a whole thousand rubles, pension payments to Russian citizens from among persons with disabilities who have received their illness as a result of a "military" injury will increase, and participants in the Second World War who receive a double pension.

From April 1, EDV will also be indexed - monthly cash payments. For different categories of citizens, they will grow in the range of 100-180 Russian rubles.

To summarize

State social services work tirelessly to make life easier for the “special” categories of their citizens. Of course, in a crisis, you should not expect any significant income growth. However, even such, albeit fairly small amounts can be of help. In addition, even such minimal indexation allows the state to at least formally fulfill its obligations to low-income citizens.

Now in the ruling circles there is heated discussion that the indexation of social payments should be much larger, namely by 12%. Whether there will be a pension increase or not, the question remains open. However, we can already say that additional indexation of payments will depend on the financial and economic situation in which Russia will find itself after six months of this year.

One can only hope that the additional indexation of social payments by 8%, theoretically planned for September-October this year, will not remain in the “paper” version, but will be translated into reality.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that he signed a decree on raising pensions from April 1, 2018, it will affect 4 million people, writes Interfax.

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“I signed the decision to index social pensions from April 1, 2018,” Medvedev said during a meeting of the Russian government.

“The document states the size of the coefficient by which pensions are raised. Now we are sending about 10 billion rubles for these purposes. Indexing will affect approximately 4 million people, ”the prime minister said.

“Approve the coefficient indexing social pensions in the amount of 1,029 ″, the document says. The Russian Pension Fund has been instructed to bring to the regional offices information on the coefficient level, so that from April 1, 2018, social pensions are already paid indexed.

To whom and by how much did pensions rise from April 1, 2018?

As stated in the explanatory note, social pensions index  2.9 percent.

“Based on the data on the living wage of a pensioner in the Russian Federation for 2017 (8315 rubles) and 2016 (8081 rubles), the growth rate of the living wage of a pensioner in the Russian Federation for 2017 amounted to 102.9 percent,” the document says .

• In real terms social pensions  grow by 255 rubles - up to 9062 rubles.
•   The average pension for children with disabilities and people with disabilities from childhood of group I will increase by 378 rubles and 382 rubles, respectively, and after the increase will be 13,410 and 13,556 rubles.
• To increase social pensions According to the explanatory note, it will take 1.07 billion rubles a month, or 9.6 billion rubles by the end of 2018.

Who is waiting for the increase in pensions from April 1, 2018?

Social pension - A kind of pension provision, which is entitled to citizens with no work experience for any reason. It is appointed indefinitely, but its payment can be stopped for citizens who decide to engage in activities involving the payment of compulsory pension insurance. The amount of security is set by the Government in a fixed amount, which depends on the subsistence level (PS) and, as a rule, is significantly lower than insurance (labor) payments to pensioners.

In the law of the Russian Federation No. 166 “On state pension provision in the Russian Federation”, article 11 establishes that this type of security is required for the following categories of disabled beneficiaries:

• disabled people of groups 1, 2 and 3, including children with disabilities;
• children with disabilities;
• children who have lost one or two parents, under the age of 18 years (or before reaching 23 years of age, subject to full-time education in educational institutions), if the parents did not have work experience (otherwise insurance pension is supposed);
• citizens representing small indigenous peoples of the North who are older than 50 (for women) and 55 (for men) years, with permanent residence in the indigenous places of residence approved by the Government of the Russian Federation;
• unemployed men after 65 years and women after 60 years (provided there is no insurance experience), including foreign citizens and stateless persons who can confirm permanent residence in Russia for 15 years or more.

On a note! In the Russian Federation, more than 4 million disabled citizens are recipients of social pension benefits.

The mandatory conditions for obtaining also include the need for permanent residence on the territory of the Russian Federation. The benefit is not applicable to persons who:

• decide on migration (even with the preservation of Russian citizenship);
• have two official places of registration.

You can familiarize yourself with the full text of the Federal Law of December 15, 2001 N 166-ФЗ as amended on July 18, 2017 at the link.

Will there be an indexation of insurance pensions?

The most common type of pension is insurance pensions. It is assigned to people who have insurance coverage and deductions on individual personal accounts. However indexation of insurance pensions   (including working pensioners)   from April 1, 2018  not planned.

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Legislative decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation provide for an increase in pension and social payments each year. The Pension Fund (PF) in December announced the indexation of pension accruals to retired citizens who do not have additional income from work. What will be the real increase in pension for non-working pensioners in 2018, and when to expect such an increase to be given to citizens who have rightfully earned a vacation?

What is pension indexation?

It is known that pensions are indexed by the Government in order to implement national measures aimed at improving the quality of life of Russians and compensating for price increases. Speaking of indexation, it is necessary to distinguish this term from the recalculation of pension insurance payments, especially since these concepts are often confused. Indexing affects exclusively non-working pensioners, and recalculation of charges is provided for working pensioners.

If an elderly person continues to work, receiving a salary, recalculation depends on the transfers of his employer. Upon dismissal, all indexations that occurred during his work are taken into account and after 3 months, the amount of pension provision increases by the required coefficients. It is not necessary to deal with the application itself to receive such promotions. The territorial bodies of the Pension Fund are independently engaged in calculations.

In discussions on the reform, the State Duma believes that working pensioners do not need to index insurance coverage, explaining this by a shortage of money for the funded part. As a possible way out of this situation, to replace the frozen pension savings of NPFs, an application is proposed to discuss the implementation of the IPC system (individual pension capital), which would remove the burden on the budget and increase everyone’s provision.

The average pension in Russia

The average annual pension provision does not depend on the cost of living. According to PFR estimates, payments to old-age pensioners in 2018 will amount to 14 thousand rubles. on average, while today the pension subsistence minimum is 8496 rubles. By indexing, the Government significantly reduces the difference between these indicators. Some elderly Russians receive a security below the minimum subsistence level. Such citizens are entitled to special payments, which are also regularly indexed simultaneously with labor pensions.

Legal regulation

Premiums for payments to non-working pensioners in 2018 are set in accordance with the main legal documents in this area: laws “On insurance pensions” No. 400-ФЗ and “On state social assistance” No. 178-ФЗ, which stipulates the annual increase in fixed insurance payments, pension since February coefficient and social co-payments on the index of increase in consumer prices last year. This size is set by the Government of the country, and the source of funds is the budget of the Russian PF.

The cost of the coefficient every year from April is determined by the law on the budget of the RF PF for the current and next period. To implement indexing in 2018 in a special mode, it was necessary to amend this legal area: a law was developed that was considered by the State Duma simultaneously with the law on the PF budget. At the end of 2018, December 28, the President signed the law of December 28, 2017 No. 420-ФЗ, where the features of increasing the insurance pension for the next year were approved. The budget of the Pension Fund for 2018 was adjusted by the law of December 19, 2016 No. 416-FZ.

Pension increase for non-working pensioners

Under the new legal norms, indexation is provided for all grounds for granting insurance pensions - old age or disability, loss of breadwinner. It will be produced at a faster pace, taking into account the excess of expected inflation in 2018. The goal is to provide a more tangible increase in income for non-working pensioners in the new year. At the same time as the indexed insurance part, the value of the pension coefficient (point) will increase.

The provision of social pensioners will not be left without an increase. This group includes persons with disabilities, WWII veterans, certain categories of dependents and Russians who have not managed to earn the required number of years of work (insurance) experience by the retirement age. For such categories, legislative amendments specify that the final material support of a citizen-pensioner must be no less than last year (taking into account the social security payment of the current year).

The upcoming indexation is provided only for unemployed elderly people, and working pensioners are supposed to provide for themselves. He plans to increase from earned points since August. Experts consider this approach not only erroneous, but discriminatory, socially unfair. Many pensioners work for a small income that does not cover the price increase, and are deprived of indexation. According to the law, having left work, such citizens wait for 3 months for an indexed increase. In 2018, they will already receive an increase in security after they are dismissed from the 1st month.

Indexation percentage

Under the new law No. 420-ФЗ, the fixed insurance payment has been increased 1.037 times and its established amount is 4982 p. 90 kopecks The coefficient is also increased 1.037 times and is equal to 81 p. 49 kopecks The indexation value of 3.7% is higher than the forecasting indicator of economic inflationary processes (2.6%). Currently, the consumer price index is 3.2%. For the first time in crisis years, the indexation of pensions for non-working citizens in 2018 was marked by a level higher than actual inflation (by 1.1%). The size of the increase in social security will be 4.1%.

When will you raise your pension

Earlier, insurance (labor) pension accruals were indexed from February 1, but in 2017, the coefficients were replaced by a lump-sum compensation payment of 5 thousand rubles. The innovations of Law No. 420-ФЗ are not only recalculations, but also changes in payment dates. The increase was decided to be made at an early pace from January 1, 2018, and once. The relevant norms on additional periods of increase in the year are suspended until 2018. Federal beneficiaries will receive indexed payments from February 1, their growth rate will take into account the inflation forecast of 3.2 percent.

How will the insurance part change

As a result of the approved pension growth indices from January 1, 2018 (for comparison, the data for 2017 are also indicated) will be the following values:

Individual retirement rate in 2018

The legal basis for retirement benefits is reviewed every year. In 2018, for a Russian to receive an insurance pension, a seniority of 9 years or more is required. To calculate pension payments, all rights of a citizen-pensioner are taken into account in points, including: length of service; wage; employer insurance premiums. To acquire the right to an insurance pension, you must have a total of 13.8 points. Such coefficients (retirement points) also increase since January, simultaneously with general indexation from 78 p. 28 kopecks up to 81 p. 49 kopecks

Fixed Payment Indexing

The slowdown in inflationary processes in Russia allowed the Ministry of Economic Development to predict a decline in the price index. Pension indexation funds have already been budgeted in the country in a higher volume of 3.7-3.8%, which is consistent with the earlier inflation forecast. The government decided to increase it by 3.7 percent and make it ahead of schedule by one month. As a result, the fixed payment is indexed by a factor of 1,037 times (in the amount of 4,982.9 p.) And the average annual value of collateral accrued by old age is projected at 14075 p.

Military pension from January 1, 2018

Former military personnel, as well as other persons with pensioner status, are hoping for an increase in state material payments and expect an increase in the so-called “decreasing coefficient” for calculating their pensions. At the same time, the Government of the country decided to freeze the reduction coefficient and return to consideration of the issue of its increase already at budget execution.

So far, along with the indexation of pensions for non-working pensioners in 2018, the provision of military pensioners is indexed by 4 percent. Their average size increase will be about a thousand rubles, from 24500 to 25500 p. This will not happen from February, but from January 1, as for civilians. In addition, the President has established indexing every year by military officers of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee with the establishment of a monthly supplement for the rank. These innovations begin to operate on 02/01/2018.

The purpose of the changes is to increase social protection for employees who resigned from the Prosecutor's Office or the Investigative Committee. Until 2018, military prosecutors and investigators were subordinate to the Ministry of Defense, and then they entered the staff of the Prosecutor General or the Investigative Committee. As a result, there was a difference in the provision of such pensioners. The exact amount of the increase for them depends on the rank (rank) upon dismissal from the organs.

Raising social pensions since April 2018

The introduced amendments to the pension law also affected social pension payments. It is not only the indexation of pensions for non-working pensioners in 2018, but also for employees of this category who receive a social pension from the state. It will be 4.1%. The term for the increase is set from 04/01/2018. Social pensioners will be paid extra before the cost of living.

According to the state statistical service, in a number of constituent entities of the country, the subsistence minimum level of a pensioner has decreased, which, as a conclusion from the current legislation, entails a reduction in social security payments, but this will not be allowed by recent legal innovations. It was decided that the total material support of a citizen-pensioner should be no less than last year (taking into account current surcharges and benefits).

How much will pensions be indexed

Currently, over 4 million people receive social pensions. The growth percentage for them will be 4.1 versus 1.5 percent in 2018, and the average pension social payment will increase to 9045 rubles, while previously social security from the state was 8700 rubles. In 2018, a pension increase for non-working pensioners of this group will be made in the spring of the upcoming financial period: these pensioners enter the 2nd stage of indexing.

Indexing social benefits to people with disabilities

The state also pays social pensions to people with disabilities who are also planning an increase. Such indexing will be carried out according to the characteristics of the assignment of disability. So, some people receive 15,000-16,000 rubles, and many of those who do not have the necessary length of service, who have only 5,000-6,000 rubles. These disabled people with incomes below the subsistence level have additional social protection.

Social pension payments were indexed by 4.1% (for comparison: in 2018, the increase was by 1.5 percent). So, the average pension for people with disabilities is 1st gr. since childhood or a disabled child in 2018 will reach 13699 rubles against the previous 13026 rubles. It is important that this coefficient is also higher than the projected inflation level. The size of the final social assistance supplement depends on the group and the reasons for the disability (see table above).

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Last update 04.25.2019

On January 1, 2018, a gradual indexation of pensions began. The changes affected the labor pensions of non-working pensioners, as well as social and insurance pensions. This year, pensions indexed by 3.7% not from February 1 as usual, but already from January 1, since last year’s inflation rate, which is usually oriented to, turned out to be a record low of only 2.5%, and funds have already been allocated to the budget, designed for a higher rate.

According to the Minister of Social Protection Topilin, such an early indexation will ensure the growth of real pensions this year. That is, this year pensions are indexed at a value that is higher than the inflation value, and not equal to it, as in previous years.

Latest News and Recent Changes

Since January 2018, the state began to pay a new type of pension to “foundling children” whose parents are unknown, which made it possible to equalize their right to payments with children who were abandoned by their parents.

Since January 1, the State Duma has indexed pensions by 3.7% for non-working pensioners and 4% for the military.

From the beginning of the year, a new law on indexation of pensions for retired pensioners entered into force. Now the FIU after 3 months, during which the recalculation lasts, will pay the indexed pension not from 4 months, but from the first month after dismissal.

On February 1, the size of social benefits was indexed by 2.5% and the amount of the additional payment to the flight crew of civil aviation and coal industry workers increased. The supplement is an independent benefit, calculated according to a special formula, which takes into account seniority, average monthly salary, contributions to the Pension Fund, and the average salary in the country. The size of payments will change every 3 months: May 1, August 1, November 1.

From April 1, it is planned to index social pensions for old age, disability and breadwinner by 2.9%.

Initially, the budget included funds calculated for an indexation of 4.1%, but the growth rate of the living wage of pensioners was much lower.

Since 2018, funds have also been allocated from the federal budget for an additional payment to pensioners in order to bring the amount of their payments to the cost of living.

Since 2016, a draft law on the payment of an additional 13 pensions to pensioners has been actively discussed, but most members of the State Duma do not support this idea and offer to increase existing pensions in return.

Pension increase from January 1, 2018

Since January 1, there has been an indexation of pensions for non-working pensioners. Labor (insurance) pension consists of 2 parts: fixed and insurance.

Fixed - this is the amount that the state agrees to pay in any case. Insurance is made up of points accumulated during the work. A point has a specific cost.

As a result of indexing by 3.7%, the cost of one pension point increased from 78.58 rubles to 81.49 rubles.

The insurance pension is divided into several subspecies:

• old age;
• on disability;

The size of the fixed part of the payment as a result of indexation was:

• 4982 rubles - old-age pension and for disabled people of 2 groups;
• 9965 rubles - a pension for disabled people of the 1st group;
• 2491 - survivor's pension and for disabled people of 3 groups.

Increase in social benefits for retirement from February 1

On February 1, social benefits were traditionally indexed. They are paid to the following categories of citizens:

• disabled people 1, 2, 3 groups;
• war veterans;
• participants of the Second World War;
• heroes of Russia;
• residents of besieged Leningrad;
• former prisoners of concentration camps;
• heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation;
• liquidators of the Chernobyl accident;
• family members of the dead military.

Social benefits consist of monthly cash payments, and a specific set of social services. Social services are understood as: fare, sanatorium-resort treatment, provision of free medicines or their payment. Social services can be obtained in kind or in cash. The amount of social benefits on February 1 was indexed by 2.5%, respectively, the payments are:

• 5701 ruble - allowance for burial;
• 1075 rubles - the monetary equivalent of a set of social services.

The amount of monthly payments for each individual category of citizens has its own significance.

Will indexing be April 2

The Ministry of Labor approved a project according to which on April 1 they will index social pensions, not labor pensions. Social pensions do not depend on the level of last year’s inflation, but are calculated on the basis of the current price level and cost of living. A social pension is granted to those who do not have seniority and cannot receive a retirement pension. Such a pension, like insurance, is divided into several subspecies:

• old age;
• on disability;
• by the loss of a breadwinner.

Pensions will be indexed by 2.9%, since the actual growth rate of the living wage of pensioners over the past year turned out to be just that. Thus, the following pension values \u200b\u200bare expected depending on the category of citizens:

• 13410 rubles - pension for children with disabilities;
• 13556 rubles - a pension for children with disabilities;
• 12688 rubles - disability pension for draftees;
• 10,746 rubles - a pension for the loss of the breadwinner to the families of draftees.

According to the law, a social pension cannot be lower, therefore, if after calculations the value is less, then additional payments are assigned.

Indexation will cost the state 10 billion rubles, and will affect about 4 million citizens. The increase itself will not be so significant - an average of 250 rubles, so the recipients will not notice any significant changes.

Pension indexation for working retirees

Back in 2016, the increase in insurance payments for those pensioners who continued to work was suspended. In 2018, this rule is still valid and their pensions were not indexed in January. According to the Ministry of Finance, working pensioners are in unequal conditions with unemployed due to the fact that their financial situation can be significantly improved due to wages.

However, on August 1, 2018 there will be another annual non-claiming recalculation, for which you do not need to apply to the pension fund. The employer independently transfers the employee’s data to the FIU and the pension increases by the number of points earned in the past year. The only limitation is that the increase can be no more than 3 points per year.

Indexation of retirement pension

On January 1, 2018, a new law entered into force that changes the procedure for indexing pensions after dismissal. In the previous 2 years after the dismissal, 3 months elapsed, for which reporting first came to the FIU, then it was considered there and only then the pension was recalculated taking into account all the indexations that had passed during that time. An increased pension was paid starting from 4 months after the dismissal, and the past months were lost. Now, purely technically, the recalculation procedure will also take 3 months, but pensioners laid off after January 1, 2018 will also be able to receive an additional payment for the months during which the FIU recalculates.

The pensioner himself does not need to contact the FIU; the employer submits all the reports.

How many points are needed to accrue a retirement pension in 2018

In order to start receiving an insurance (labor) pension in 2018, you must have at least 9 years of experience and 13.8 pension points. Each year, these numbers increase, and by 2025 the government wants to smoothly approach the following values: 15 years of work experience and 30 pension points.

If the seniority or pension points are not enough, a social pension can be assigned for women from 60 years old, for men from 65 years old.

There are also premium odds for calculating an insurance pension. If a citizen refused to receive payments for a period of 1 year to 10 years, then his pension may increase several times. For example, in case of refusal of payments for a period of 10 years, the size of the fixed part of the payment will increase by 2.1 times, and the size of the insurance by 2.3.

Raising pensions for people with disabilities

From April 1, social pensions for the disabled will increase by 2.9% and will be respectively:

Military pension increase from February 1

According to the legislation, annually, military pensions and salaries are indexed on February 1. For several years, pay increases were frozen. In 2018, changes were made in pensions: firstly, they were indexed by 4%, and secondly, this did not happen on February 1, but on January 1 along with an increase in insurance pensions.

In addition, an increase in the reduction factor is provided annually, by which pension coverage can also be calculated. Usually it increases by 2% and the plans of the state to bring it to 100%, while now it is 73.23%. This year, the reduction coefficient remained unchanged.

Supplement to military pensioners 2500 rubles in 2018

Since the beginning of 2018, rumors have been actively circulated that the military will be assigned an additional payment of 2500 rubles per month, but the information was only partially confirmed. Firstly, only a third of the military personnel of advanced years will pay extra payments, and secondly, the amount will depend on the rank.

Raising the pensions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Indexation of pensions will affect employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The coefficient by which the pension will increase in 2018 is small only 4%, but this figure is not yet final.

Since the fall of 2016, the State Duma has been considering a bill on 13 pensions for pensioners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but so far no decision has been made on this issue. According to forecasts, most likely, such a bill will be rejected, since the state has already approved the budget for 2018-2020 without taking into account such payments.

How much pension will a disabled child have?

The social pension for a disabled child in 2018 is 12,082 rubles. Such pensions are received not only by children with disabilities, but also by adult citizens who have the status of “disabled children”. Unlike children, they have 3 disability groups. The amount of benefits for each group:

• 1 group - 12082 rubles;
• 2 group - 10,068 rubles;
• 3 group - 4279 rubles.

How much will a survivor's pension

If a child has lost one or two parents, he is entitled to a survivor's pension.

Its size is currently: 5240 rubles, if one parent died and 10481 rubles, if both. From April 1, 2018, survivor pensions are indexed by 2.9%.

Families of the deceased military may receive a separate type of survivor pension.

After the last indexation in 2017, the amount of social pension is 5034 rubles. At the same time, it can be increased:

• 40% - a soldier died from a disease received during work;
• 50% - the military died from wounds during work;
• 150% - a soldier died from an illness while serving;
• 200% - died from military injuries.

Retirement benefit 5,000 rubles in 2018

In 2016, due to the unstable economic situation, the government could not fully index pensions, so all pensioners were given a lump sum payment of 5,000 rubles.

In 2017 and 2018, the pension was indexed at values \u200b\u200bhigher than last year's inflation, so there is no need for such a payment. In the budget for 2018, funds for such a payment were not laid, therefore, it will not be.

Retirement age increase in 2018

In recent years, the question of raising the retirement age of the working population has been increasingly discussed. This is due to the fact that, according to surveys, more than half of retired people continue to work, which means that in fact they still do not need pension provision so badly.

In most neighboring countries, the bar for retirement age has already increased, but in Russia so far no such decision has been made. As analysts expect, perhaps after the next presidential election, this topic will again be raised.

Federal Social Supplement

Federal social benefits are a type of material assistance to unemployed pensioners who have a pension below the subsistence level in the region. By law, such a supplement must be regular and made until a pensioner is employed, or the amount of his total income becomes equal to the cost of living. Under the total income refers to all types of pensions received, co-payments, compensations and benefits.

Eligible pensioners are those pensioners who:

• live in the territory of the Russian Federation;
• does not work;
• receive a pension below the regional subsistence level.

The size of social supplement varies depending on the region and the cost of living in it. That is, it is exactly the amount that the pensioner does not reach the cost of living.

December 15, 2017 Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the allocation of 7 billion rubles for supplements to pensioners. At the same time, funds will be distributed between 13 regions in which pensions for non-working pensioners are below the subsistence level. The list of regions includes:

• Sakhalin;
• Kamchatka
• Chukotka
• Komi;
• Yakutia;
• Primorsky Krai;
• Khabarovsk region;
• Arkhangelsk;
• Magadan Region;
• Murmansk region;
• Nenets Autonomous Okrug;
• Jewish Autonomous Region;
• Moscow region.

An example of a federal social supplement.  The federal subsistence minimum (PM) of a pensioner in 2018 is 8726 rubles. The regional cost of living, for example, in Vladimir is less than 8452 rubles. The pensioner is assigned material support in the amount of 7500 rubles. Since the regional PM is lower than the federal one, federal social payment is assigned. 8726-7500 \u003d 952 rubles.

An example of a regional social co-payment.  The federal living wage of a pensioner in 2018 is 8726 rubles. Regional. for example, in Murmansk it is 12,523 rubles. Payments to a pensioner are 10,500 rubles. The value is more than federal, but less than regional, so there will be the following surcharge: 12523-10500 \u003d 2023 rubles.

Retirement benefit for whom over 80 years

Pensioners who have reached 80 years of age in 2018 are required to increase the fixed part of their insurance pension by 2 times, i.e. by 100%. The size of the fixed payment is now 4,982 rubles, respectively, a 2-fold increase in the amount will be 10,334 rubles.

For pensioners who live in the Far North, the payout is additionally increased depending on the coefficient. For those who have been working in the Far North for 15 or 20 years, the payment is further increased by 30 or 50% of the already doubled value of the fixed part of the pension.

A similar increase will affect all pensioners of this age, with the exception of disabled people of group 1, whose pension is initially 2 times higher.

Pensioners at such an advanced age are additionally entitled to a compensation payment to pay for the services of a person who would care for them, because often elderly people cannot serve themselves and they need the help of an outsider. The amount of compensation is 1200 rubles.

Additionally, the regions have their own benefits and social support measures.

After the pensioner turns 80 years old, the pension will be automatically increased starting from the month following the month in which the birthday was. For this, the pensioner does not need to go anywhere; the FIU will do everything himself.

The pension fund independently calculates the pension after the pensioner reaches the age of 80 years.

A new type of pension for children with both parents unknown

On January 1, 2018, a new type of payment to the so-called “foundling children” came into effect, that is, children whose parents are unknown. Such a measure was taken in order to level abandoned children with other orphans who can receive pensions. At the moment, the amount of the pension is 10,068 rubles and it is paid monthly. From April 1, 2018, it will be indexed by 2.9% and will amount to 10,359 rubles.

The state tries every year to index all possible types of pensions for certain categories of citizens, but funds are not always available in the budget for this. In some cases, federal or regional surcharges can be dispensed with; in others, indexing is simply frozen for several years.

In any case, the government is constantly introducing new types of surcharges and compensations that allow pensioners to live at a more or less acceptable level.