a New Handbook on poverty proposes to introduce in Russia the Ministry of Finance. First Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Nesterenko suggested that the allocation of allowances to go on the principle of means testing.
According to statistics, notes TASS, in the support of the most needing families with children up to 16 years, especially families with two or more children and one working parent.
Finance Ministry proposes to introduce a single criterion, the order of evaluation of the income and property of families or single people, as well as the persons related to the members of the family. This, according to the Finance Ministry, will increase the openness of government support. However, Deputy Finance Minister noted that these proposals are not yet reflected in the draft budget for the next three years.
“We believe that such work should be conducted to find an acceptable and agreed decisions. But in terms of a budget for 2017-2019, changes in this direction in budget projections is not provided,” — said Tatyana Nesterenko, in an interview to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”.
on 28 October 2016, the government will submit to the state Duma a draft Federal budget for 2017. For the indexation of pensions, allowances and social payments in the new budget allocated 332 billion rubles.
the Level of poverty in Russia in the first half of 2016 amounted to 14.6% against 15.1% in the first half of 2015 and 13.1% in the first half of 2014. Per capita income rose in September to 30.1 thousand rubles, a rise of 3.2% in annual terms.
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