Golodets Siluanova refuted the statement of the decision on pensions – RBC

Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets

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Today, the government approved the Ministry of Finance presented the main parameters of the budget for 2016 and the planning period of 2017-2018 years, said after the meeting in the White House Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. According to him, among other things, it approved a proposal to reduce the rate of indexation of pensions and social benefits to citizens.

«In the parameters of the budget approved today, contains a proposal for the indexation that you said (5,5 % in 2016, 4.5% in 2017 and 4% in 2018, “- said Siluanov, answering journalists’ questions (quoted by Interfax).

This” untrue “, commented on the statement Deputy Prime Minister responsible in the government for the social block, Olga Golodets. According to her, the final decision will only be made in the next week.

«In fact, the Ministry of Finance has made a proposal for a different order of indexation of pensions. The offer was made, and established rules of how we prepare the budget. All the next week will be devoted to the discussion of the budget, including the budget of the Pension Fund, “- said Golodets.

« Next week we will decide with the situation. We will consistently defend Of course, indexation in full “, – said Deputy Prime Minister.

Most of the rights Siluanov, said a source in the government of RBC. The day before, at a meeting of the budget committee, which was held by the Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, announced the need to “live within their means” and to support a government meeting variant of the Ministry of Finance, said the official familiar with the discussions in the committee.

Protocol decision on the results of today’s meeting of the government does not allow us to treat the resolution of the dispute (the project signed by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, is at the disposal of RBC). In this document, the main characteristics of the budget is only offered to “take as a basis for the preparation of the draft federal budget for 2016-2018 years».

Earlier, in an interview with the head of the Ministry of Labor RBC Maxim linked Topilin Finance Ministry’s proposal on pensions with a desire to solve the problem of the deficit of the Pension Fund. It is formed because of the decision to terminate the moratorium on the transfer of the funded part of pensions to NPF in 2016.

«When the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economic Development proposes to keep the contributions to the NPF, we proceeded from the fact that it requires a transfer of 345 bln. in the next year. Now, start to manipulate the indexation is not quite right with any political or economic point of view, “- he said.

As stated by Olga Golodets today at a government meeting the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economic Development was instructed to determine the sources of financing of the funded pension” . More than anything, the imbalance affects the budget of the Pension Fund topic funded pension, because the source of their funding to date has been found. Government given additional instructions to the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance to determine the source of financing of the funded pension, “- said Golodets (quoted by RIA Novosti news agency).

According to the materials for the meeting of the government, the total budget revenues in 2016 will amount to 13.96 trillion rub., the costs – 15.87 trillion rubles., the deficit will be 2.4% of GDP. In 2017, the budget will be calculated from the 14.92 trillion rubles. revenue 16.65 trillion rubles. expenditure and 1.9% of GDP deficit. 2018 – 15.93 trillion rubles. revenue 16.6 trillion rubles. expenditure and 0.7% of GDP deficit.

According to Finance Ministry estimates, the reduction of the rate of indexation of pensions to 5.5% next year from 11.9% laid down in the current three-year budget, the Treasury will save 413, 7 billion rubles. In three years, the savings from this measure will be even greater – 2.1 trillion rubles. Together with the reduction in the rate of indexation of social benefits, this amount will exceed 2.5 trillion rubles.