Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
Instead of additional indexation of pensions Russian pensioners will receive 5 thousand rubles.. and then only in January 2017
The government replaced the second indexation of pensions in this year’s one-time payment in the amount of 5 thousand. rubles in January 2017. This was announced by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting on this issue.
«As a result of today’s discussion, I think the right to carry out indexing in the form of a lump sum payment, it is defined in the amount of 5 thousand rubles, – he said the prime minister (quoted by” RIA Novosti »)
In 2015, the government suspended the provisions of the law, which provides indexing pensions to inflation for the previous year. As a result, pensions were increased not by 12.9% in February 2016, but only 4%. Later, the head of Dmitry Medvedev, the government called a lower indexation of pensions “temporary measure”, and promised to return to the old order in the next year.
Later, however, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets reported that the government is discussing the possibility of replacing the additional indexing lump pensions payments, although priority is considered “full volume indexing».
In May 2016 resident of the Crimea complained arrived on a visit to the peninsula chapter of the government Dmitry Medvedev on the lack of indexation of pensions. In response, Prime Minister assured that no indexation is not only in the Crimea.
«There is simply no money. We will find the money – do indexing. You stay here, you all the best, good mood and health “, – Medvedev said at the time
Earlier in the possibility of a second indexing pensions questioned the former head of the Ministry of Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.. According to him, while maintaining low oil prices the government is simply nowhere to take the necessary for such indexing means.
«On the 2016 indexation, if it was on the actual inflation of 12%, would require about 660 billion rub. additional costs from the budget. Where to get them? To understand the scale of these issues – we all higher education worth 600 billion rubles., Part of the federal health care costs 300 billion rubles. “, – Said Kudrin, speaking at the Gaidar Forum.
On the eve of elections to the State Duma Medvedev, occupying a part-time post of chairman of the party “United Russia”, urged his party colleagues to speak honestly, that dramatically increase is impossible in the current circumstances salaries and pensions in Russia
«The truth is -. the best weapon in the competition during the election campaign. Let’s be honest: who would now neither was in power, he will not be able to increase the salary by five times or pension increase several times if he, of course, does not want to let the world all over the country, bankrupt the state and destroy the budget “, – he said medvedev at a meeting with activists of the “United Russia”.
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