In Russia, the retirement age will be raised. Raising the retirement age for police officers Minimum pension recipients

Medvedev launched pension reform

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced an increase retirement age. The government proposes to raise the retirement age for men from the current 60 to 65, and for women from 55 to 63. Thus, the last "transition year" will be 2034, when the retirement age for women will reach a new level. From 2019, the retirement age will rise by one year every two years - for example, men born in 1959 and women born in 1964 will be entitled to retire in 2020, namely, at the age of 61 and 56 years respectively.

Pensions will grow faster

The government claims that raising the retirement age is long overdue and all conditions have been created for this. The current retirement age was introduced back in 1956 in the USSR, when the level of medical and social security was at a low level. Raising the retirement age is necessary, according to the Cabinet, for more rapid growth the pensions themselves. At the moment, according to Medvedev, pensions are growing by an average of 400-500 rubles a year (in 2016, the growth was 399 rubles, in 2017 - 524 rubles, in 2018 it will be 481 rubles), the reform will increase the growth rate pension provision twice - for a thousand rubles a year. According to the results of 2017, the average pension amounted to 13,620 rubles, so by the time the reform is completed, it can grow by at least 10,000 rubles.

Russia took the example of raising the retirement age from Kazakhstan

The retirement age in Russia is one of the lowest not only in the whole world, but even in comparison with its closest neighbors and countries of the former Soviet Union. For example, in Kazakhstan, the retirement age for men is 63 years, and for women - 58 years, this level was set back in 2001. Moreover, since 2018, the second stage of increase has been going on in Kazakhstan - by 2027, the retirement age for women will rise to the level of men. Belarus began raising the retirement age in 2017 and intends to bring it up to 63 years for men and 58 years for women, it is planned to do this by 2022. For comparison, the retirement age in Norway, which Russia often takes as an example, is 67 for both men and women; in the UK, both sexes retire at 65.

The government will set European pension standards

During the government meeting, the Prime Minister said that the Cabinet intends to raise the issue of ratifying the Convention on Minimum Standards for Social Security. “Its provisions will lead to international standards legislative regulation of the pension sphere. It establishes a clear correlation between the average pension and average earnings,” Dmitry Medvedev said. One of the fundamental principles of the Convention is that the pension must be at least 40 percent of the lost income, that is, the employee's salary.

pension reform overdue

As of January 1, 2018, the official population of Russia was 146.9 million people. Of these, pensioners - 46.5 million people, that is, 31.7 percent of total number, while working pensioners, according to official statistics, were 26.4 percent of the total number of pensioners, or 12.3 million people. The authorities insist that more than 50 percent of citizens remain in work upon reaching retirement age. For example, in 2017, 1.45 million people retired, and 0.73 million of them continued to work. The government fears that the proportion of working pensioners will continue to grow, which will prevent the other half from raising their pensions.

When current pension standards were set per retiree, pension system“paid” (paid pension and insurance premiums to social funds) 3.7 people of working age. The current demographic situation and trends in the labor market will lead to the fact that by 2019 only two able-bodied people will “pay” for one pensioner - the system may not even be able to cope with payments at the current level.

Current retirees have nothing to fear

Dmitry Medvedev noted during a government meeting that the current pensioners have nothing to worry about. “With regard to current pensioners, no rules are changing,” the prime minister assured. Moreover, retirement age benefits will be maintained. We are talking about citizens who work in hazardous and hazardous industries, women with five or more children, disabled people, Chernobyl survivors and others. For employees Far North the retirement age will be set at 60 and 58 respectively. For citizens with long experience additional benefit- they can retire for two years ahead of schedule. We are talking about women with more than 40 years of experience and men with more than 45 years of experience.

VAT also went up

In addition to raising the retirement age, during a government meeting, it was announced that the value added tax (VAT) would be raised from the current 18 percent to 20 percent. As First Deputy Prime Minister Anton Siluanov noted at the meeting, this measure will make it possible to receive an additional 600 billion rubles in tax revenues per year. “These funds, together with additional income from the completion of the oil and gas maneuver, will be the main sources for financing the national development goals set in the presidential decree of May this year,” Siluanov said. As planned by the government, the tax increase will also allow businesses to participate in raising the pensions of Russians, while without the reform it would not be possible to maintain the current level of insurance premiums paid by businesses - they would have to be increased.

Documents will be sent to the State Duma

According to Medvedev, the law on raising the retirement age and VAT will be sent to the State Duma in the near future. “All draft laws, all accompanying documents should be sent to the State Duma as soon as possible so that our fellow deputies can consider them in the first reading before the end of the spring session. Therefore, I ask all relevant ministers and deputy prime ministers, the government apparatus to deal with this as a priority,” the prime minister demanded. Medvedev, in turn, expressed the hope that the parliament will support the proposed innovations and quickly accept them. After the State Duma and the Federation Council, the documents will be signed by the President of Russia.

In the current demographic, economic and institutional conditions, it is impossible to provide pensioners with a decent amount of pensions, Lilia Ovcharova, director for social research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, told RBC. According to her, raising the retirement age in other countries was accompanied by changes in the healthcare system, as well as the implementation of programs to support the employment of older people. “If these measures are not taken, then, of course, there are significant risks associated with the fact that, firstly, unemployment among older people will increase in our country. Secondly, the proportion of people who draw up a pension not for old age, but for disability, may increase quite avalanche-like,” Ovcharova warned.

"63/65" is not the only option that was discussed when deciding on a new retirement age. As sources for RBC, the government also considered other parameters, in particular, an increase in the retirement age to 65 for men and 60 for women, as well as to 62 and 60 years, respectively. The parameters “65/63” chosen by the government are an “extreme” scenario and a “bargaining offer,” said Alexander Safonov, Vice-Rector of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations. At a briefing following the government meeting, First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov refused to consider the adopted option "the toughest." The fact is that the government raises the retirement age in stages, he explained.

By old memory

The government did not equalize the retirement age for men and women, although women in Russia, according to statistics, live longer than men (life expectancy is 77 years versus 66.5 years, according to Rosstat (.pdf) for 2017). There are no demographic and economic reasons for maintaining the difference in retirement age for men and women, Ovcharova believes. “But it is an ingrained social norm that women have some social bonus for caring for children and the elderly,” the economist said. “Given that women live longer, the retirement age for both men and women from an economic point of view should be the same,” Ovcharova said.

Who can retire and when

When raising the retirement age, a 10- and 16-year transitional period is provided. The increase itself will take place at a rate of "plus one year every year," follows from the statement of Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. The increase will affect men 1959 and younger and women 1964 and younger. For example, men born in 1959 and women born in 1964 will be eligible to retire in 2020 at ages 61 and 56 (under current rules they would have retired in 2019). Men born in 1960 and women born in 1965 will be able to retire in 2022 at ages 62 and 57, respectively.

In general, the transition period will continue until 2028 for men and until 2034 for women (see infographic). From now on, all men and women who do not belong to privileged categories will retire at 65 and 63, regardless of the year of birth.

Retirement age and for some categories who are eligible to retire early. For example, citizens working in the regions of the Far North and in regions equivalent to them will be able to retire at 60 and 58 years (for men and women, respectively). Now their retirement age is 55 and 50 years. Pensions on this basis receive 2.9 million people, it was noted in the materials for deputies and senators. The transition period for them will be the same as for retirement on general grounds.

Exit age early retirement(for the same five and eight years) also for pedagogical, medical and creative workers. The social old-age pension, which is received by citizens who do not have the necessary work experience, is also - from 65/60 years for men and women to 70/68 years. And people who have great experience work - 40 years for women and 45 years for men - will be able to retire two years earlier (there is such an opportunity now).

The current amendments do not provide for changes to the length of service required by the military upon retirement (now 20 years), but the Ministry of Finance, according to Siluanov, believes that it "should also be adjusted." “We also have such studies with the Ministry of Defense, this will be one of the elements of our proposals,” the First Deputy Prime Minister said.

Who will not be affected by the retirement age increase?

The government has determined the categories of citizens who will be able to retire under the same conditions as now, Medvedev said. Among them are those working in hazardous and hazardous industries; women who have five or more children; visually impaired of the first group and military trauma; one of the parents or guardians of people with disabilities since childhood; citizens affected by the Chernobyl accident.

How does this compare to life expectancy?

Since the current retirement age limits were approved (some of them were adopted in the 1930s, and the basic rules were approved in the 1950s-1960s), “life expectancy has increased by more than 30 years, in addition, living conditions have changed, and working conditions,” Medvedev said. Now this figure is almost 73 years, and by 2030, according to President Vladimir Putin, it should reach 80 years.

But with the current retirement age for men (60 years), the probability of surviving 20-year-old men to retirement age is 68%, RANEPA economists Yuri Gorlin, Viktor Lyashok and Tatiana Maleva. With an increase in the retirement age to 63 years, the probability of surviving to this age and living long in retirement for Russian men becomes one of the lowest among developed countries (below the level of Ukraine, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Belarus), they emphasized.

Dmitry Medvedev and Anton Siluanov (Photo: Mikhail Japaridze / TASS)

The authorities "dramatically changed the situation in terms of life expectancy since 2000, the situation has changed even more dynamically since 2007, when various national projects in the field of health and demography were adopted," Labor Minister Maxim Topilin said on Thursday.

Not the last stage

The retirement age bill has yet to pass through parliament and the presidential administration. The document will be submitted to the State Duma "as soon as possible" so that deputies can consider it in the first reading before the end of the spring session, Medvedev said (thus, the main discussion of the reform will take place in the fall). Vladimir Putin, who is to put his final signature on the bill, has not spoken about raising the retirement age unequivocally before.

“As for the retirement age, you know my position, I have always treated this and treat it today with the utmost caution and accuracy. What would you like to pay attention to? One of the key tasks that I have formulated to the government is to increase the income of pensioners, and a significant increase in their income, ”he said during the annual direct line in June.

What will the citizens and the state get

After the retirement age is increased, the pensions of current pensioners will increase by 1,000 rubles. per year, Medvedev said. Now insurance pensions indexed to the level of last year's inflation - for example, in 2018 average pension will increase by 481 rubles, in the past two years it has also grown by 400-500 rubles. The growth of pensions above inflation is spelled out in Putin's May decree. Thanks to the change in the retirement age, pensions will be indexed not only on February 1 for inflation, as before, but then on April 1 (at the expense of additional income), Tatyana Golikova said. But the government does not yet plan to return the indexation of pensions to working pensioners, which was suspended in 2016. Golikova told reporters on Thursday that there is no such measure in the current package of amendments.

“The decision to raise the retirement age is one of the steps to increase the resources of the Pension Fund, which, of course, will be used to increase pensions for pensioners,” Siluanov said, without specifying specific figures for the economic effect.

The financial effect of increasing the retirement age will increase from year to year and will exceed 1% of GDP by the beginning of the 2030s, Vladimir Nazarov, director of the Finance Ministry's Research Financial Institute, told RBC. “In the first year [of raising the retirement age] it will be about 150 billion rubles, then the figure will increase and grow to over 1% by the beginning of the 2030s,” Nazarov said. According to him, part of the funds will most likely be used to increase the size of pensions. “At current prices, this will approximately be an increase of 1 thousand rubles. By the beginning of 2030, we will be able at current prices (that is, adjusted for inflation. — RBC) bring the pension to 20 thousand rubles,” the economist noted. With an increase in the retirement age, GDP can grow by an additional 0.5 percentage points. per year from 2019 to 2028, Kuzmin calculated.

Raising the retirement age can reduce the Pension Fund's deficit by "several hundred billion rubles, but it will create social and macroeconomic problems," Sergey Suverov, director of the analytical department at BCS Savings, believes. “In particular, there may be pressure on wages, and consumer demand is also likely to decrease,” he said.

Will unemployment

The economic effect of raising the retirement age in the proposed scenario does not justify the social risks, Safonov believes. The authorities will face the need for additional costs to bring to living wage income of unemployed citizens, he stressed. “At the same time, a decision is being made to raise VAT (it was increased from 18% to 20%. — RBC), which will affect the income of the population. The real incomes of citizens will fall, respectively, this will aggravate the employment situation, ”the expert said. According to him, the probability of rising unemployment is “very high”.

“Given that we are now in unique demographic conditions, when a very small generation of the 1990s is entering the labor market, and a huge generation of post-war baby boomers are leaving the labor market, then purely statistically there can be no increase in unemployment,” Nazarov objects. . Moreover, it will decrease, “because raising the retirement age, even at the announced pace, only closes the [labor force] deficit by half,” Nazarov said.

Siluanov assured on Thursday that the government is not abandoning "the construction of an insurance pension system" and is also creating "voluntary pension insurance systems." He recalled the concept - a system developed by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank and providing for auto-subscription of citizens for pension contributions, which will increase from 1 to 6% of wages over five years.

The Russian government plans to raise the retirement age in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This reform will take place as part of a general fundamental change in the pension system and will most likely begin as early as 2019. How will the retirement procedure for police officers change, will their situation worsen much, and why does the government want to make such unpopular changes?

Talk about the fact that the government plans to increase the retirement age for the police and military has been going on for at least 5 years. But only now they have every chance of moving from the category of discussions to the category of innovations. The project to raise the retirement age at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation provides for the postponement of the retirement period for all police officers by 5 years. However, the promise of indexation of all payments in 2019 may be good news for the police (ordinary citizens have not seen indexation for many years).

Fresh news also reports that another innovation could be the merging of two departments - the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service. The authorities have long been looking for ways to optimize the power structures and such a merger may be one of the solutions. On the other hand, there is no ready-made draft of such a reform yet, and it is too early to characterize it in any way.

Good news for the police may be the promise of indexation of all payments in 2019

Why reform the retirement age for police officers now?

Before understanding what changes await police officers, you need to understand why they want to increase the retirement age for police officers, like all other citizens. There are several reasons why the government is preparing a law on raising the retirement age in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Pension reform for law enforcement agencies will help save the country's budget

The main reason for the pension reform is the desire for more economical spending of the budget. It's no secret that police officers have good salaries (besides, they are regularly indexed and growing), strong social support in the form of monetary and non-material benefits, as well as many other bonuses.

All this costs money - and the Ministry of the Interior does not have an infinite amount of them. Already, a huge part of the department's budget, totaling 400 billion rubles, is spent on salaries and pensions for former police officers. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs needs to update the material base, introduce innovations and constantly improve the skills of existing police officers. So cost savings will soon become a reality for most law enforcement agencies.

How is the police pension formed?

The main problem with money is that the police, unlike most other employees of private and public organizations, do not make transfers to the insurance pension to the pension fund during their service. Their pension benefits based on the results of the service are paid from the budget of the department in whose subordination they were employed.

If the procedure for assigning pensions to the “siloviki” is not reformed, in the near future the department of internal affairs may become completely unable to fulfill its financial obligations to working and former police officers.

Are there other reasons for the pension reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

The general basis of all pension reforms - basic, for the military and police, for teachers and doctors - is the desire to save budgets ( pension fund and state) in the context of a multi-year crisis. Therefore, all other reasons for the reform are secondary.

In any case, among the indirect grounds for increasing the requirements for the professional experience of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, one can name:

• elimination of a large gap between the age of former policemen and ordinary pensioners (it can reach 20-25 years);
• the desire to retain among the staff of professional and experienced specialists;
• increased life expectancy makes 45-50-year-old citizens vigorous and young, they are able to continue full-fledged work in the organs.

The general basis of all pension reforms is the desire to save budgets in the context of a long-term crisis.

The main content of the pension reform for employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Since socialist times, our country has developed a procedure in which police officers have the right to the so-called "preferential" retirement - after 20 years of professional experience. This way of life is largely due to dangerous working conditions, irregular work schedules and increased requirements for physical fitness.

Most police officers now retire at age 45- 15 years earlier than their peers working in other industries. But if the amendments pension law come into force from January 2019, the gap between the retirement age of police officers and other citizens will increase to 20 years. This is a very long time and the reform of the police system will aim to shorten it.

The main essence of the transformation is to increase the length of service required to accrue a police pension: from 20 to 25 years old. In this case, the gap with ordinary citizens will remain at the level of 15 years, the budget of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will receive funds from savings, and many professionals will remain in the bodies. However, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs should not expect changes in 2018: the bill has not yet been developed and has not entered into force.

How many former "siloviki" are there in Russia

Experts' estimates regarding the number of all citizens applying for an early pension after serving in law enforcement agencies vary from 1 to 3 million people. This includes former police officers, military personnel, employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the FSB and the FSO. In any case, this is a large number, especially considering that during work, such people do not do anything pension savings in public funds.

At the same time, the pension of most of them is more than accruals to other citizens and rarely falls below 17 thousand rubles. All pension payments the former security forces are doing the country's budget. Therefore, the load on it is really very high and grows from year to year. For example, in 2018, about 685 billion rubles will be spent for these purposes - about the same amount they plan to save a year after the general increase in the retirement age in 2019.

Like the majority of Russian citizens, the police are not ready for reform and have a very negative attitude towards raising the retirement age.

Options for transformation: what could be the reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Since the bill on raising the retirement age for police officers has not yet been approved and has not even been fully developed, there are a number of options for transformations, including:

• raising the minimum retirement age from 45 to 50;
• increasing the required professional experience from 20 to 25 years, and in the future - up to 30 years.

On October 3, 2018, Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws on changes pension legislation, including on raising the retirement age from 2019. A week earlier, the corresponding one in the final, third reading was adopted by the deputies of the State Duma, taking into account a number of significant amendments, including those proposed by the President himself in a televised address to the citizens of Russia on August 29, 2018.

V. Putin's proposals were approved by the deputies unanimously, since the main goal of the presidential amendments was easing pension changes, in particular:

According to the initial draft of the pension reform, prepared by the government under the leadership of Medvedev, after the transition period, which will begin as early as 2019, the retirement age was to be 65 years for men and 63 years for women. At the same time, all proposed changes should have been carried out taking into account a long transition period - within 5 years for men (by 2023) and 8 years for women (by 2026). Such a bill was adopted in the first reading on July 19 in the State Duma, and by the second reading it was adjusted taking into account the proposed amendments, including the presidential ones. In the final version of the law, the retirement age is 60 and 55 years, respectively, and the transition period will last 5 years.

Law on raising the retirement age

The text of the final law No. 350-FZ of October 3, 2018 on raising the retirement age, signed by the President, can be found below:

In connection with the increase in the retirement age, there will also be changes deadlines for retirement pension. This will affect those citizens who, by the time they reach the age of 65 and 60, respectively, will not be able to enter the usual labor pension due to the fact that they did not accumulate enough pension points and insurance experience. For them, the retirement age will increase. up to 70 years for men and up to 65 years for women(Now you can apply for men over 65 and women over 60).

Retirement schedule by year from 2019

As a result of the discussion of the bill in the State Duma, taking into account the amendments of Vladimir Putin, a final decision was made on the pension reform, and the table of retirement age values ​​as a result of all the changes envisaged will look like this:

According to the schedule, which has been adjusted to take into account presidential amendments, in 2019 men and women who turn 60 and 55 years old in the first half of the year (men born in 1959 and women born in 1964) will retire - they will have to work half a year more (respectively 60, 5 and 55.5 years). Those who turn 60 and 55 in the second half of 2019 will receive payments in the first half of 2020 (six months after their 60th and 55th birthdays).

Why is pension reform necessary?

The Government substantiates the need for a new one by the fact that the existing ones until the end of 2018 (55 years for women and 60 years for men) were adopted back in the days of the USSR (in 1932), which does not correspond to the current situation in the country: working conditions have changed significantly, the duration of the active life phase and the life expectancy of Russians, etc.

The budget funds saved as a result of raising the retirement age, according to Kommersant, can be used to implement the new May Presidential Decree No. 204 dated May 7, 2018 “On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of Development Russian Federation for the period up to 2024".

“If the retirement age is increased by five years from 2019 in a tough version, most of the national projects will be paid for with this savings.”

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 81 of 05/15/2018

The fact is that in order to fulfill the goals of Russia's long-term national development projects, it will be necessary to redistribute expenditures, as well as attract additional funds to the federal budget. Against the background of this task, set by the President in May 2018, the Government once again returned to the issue, which is based on raising the age of citizens, upon reaching which they are entitled to receive an old-age pension.

The changes proposed by the Government will allow increasing the average size of pensions in the future Russian pensioners above the rate of inflation(average ). Thanks to this, the task set by the President to increase the income level of pensioners at a rate exceeding the rate of inflation will be fulfilled.

Pros and cons of increasing the retirement age in Russia

Discussion of issues related to changes in the pension system, one way or another, takes place regularly. Even President Vladimir Putin himself in recent years has repeatedly noted the need to increase the retirement age, which should be gradual.

Objective reasons there is for this. Thus, according to Rosstat, the retirement age values ​​established at the end of 2018 (according to part 1 of article 8 of the federal law of December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ are 55 years for women and 60 years for men as of December 31, 2018) are based on outdated indicators of life expectancy of Russians - namely, on data from 1926-1927 (see table).

Experts note that by 2030 the proportion of the disabled population over retirement age will increase by 2.8% compared to 2018 (from 38,023.9 ​​thousand people to 41,386.4 thousand people). In turn, the share of the working-age population will decrease by 1.7%.

However against the rise There are many more reasons for retirement age. First of all, raising the retirement age may create risks of unemployment among young people and older workers, which will affect the level of poverty and lower wages in the Russian Federation. In addition, this change may cause an increase in the number of registrations (50% of Russians aged 60 have diseases for which they can apply for a pension).

The three “opposition” parliamentary parties (“Fair Russia”, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party) also received statements of disagreement with the changes proposed by the Government, so they voted against adoption of the relevant law. On May 15, 2018, State Duma deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation even introduced bill No. 466379-7, which suggests moratorium on raising the retirement age until January 1, 2030.

RANEPA experts developed their own concept of reforming the pension system of the Russian Federation, which generally excludes the need to raise the retirement age, subject to an increase from the federal budget and an increase by 5 percentage points (thus increasing the tax burden on employers).

If we dwell on raising the retirement age, then the RANEPA believes that the best option would be to carry out a reform according to the following scenario:

• raise the retirement age
  • up to 60 years for women (that is, for 5 years);
  • up to 63 years for men (that is, for 3 years);
• do this increase smoothly - for 3-6 months a year.

2019 is one of the landmark years in the Russian pension system. After all, the retirement age is being raised, albeit smoothly, but by 5 years. But along with such an increase in age, an increase in the amount of pension maintenance should also be expected. We will figure out who the indexation will affect, how many times it will be done, and what kind of legal assistance in Moscow may be required.

Will the amount of pension content increase? Pension reform in Russia.

In 2018, the media constantly circulated information about the increase in pensions in 2019. Albeit with numerous clarifications, but many pointed to the increase. However, if we analyze all the regulatory legal acts that relate to the amounts of pensions for 2019, it becomes clear that there will be no increase.

We are talking exclusively about indexing, which is not technically an increase. The fact is that indexation is carried out according to plan and from year to year. And there will indeed be an increase in pensions in 2019 with the help of indexation, and not in February, as it usually happens, but from January 01. And pensioners will receive an additional amount that more than doubles the projected official inflation.

Thus, the January increase coefficient is 1.0705, which is 7.05% of the amount of the pension content relative to 2018. At the same time, those pensioners who, according to the schedule, receive a pension in the first 10 days of the month received an increased amount already in December 2018.

How many indexations are planned for 2019

Back in the summer of 2018, some officials pointed to a double indexation of pensions in 2019. And therefore, many are interested in what month of 2019 will increase pensions for the second time. To answer this question, let's break down all the pension increases planned by the authorities.

January 2019 - insurance old-age / seniority pensions for non-working pensioners. February 2019 - increase in the social support of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, that is, indexation of the UDV, burial benefits, NSU. April 2019 - social pensions. August 2019 - recalculation ( correction) of pensions of the working category of pensioners.

As you can see from the list, there is no talk of double indexing. Let's analyze each of the indexing options in a little more detail.

January 2019 pension increase.

Pensions are indexed in accordance with the indexation schedule developed for the transitional period of increasing the retirement age. Since the transition will take 5 years, then indexing will be carried out for all 5 years and, most likely, in January.

It turns out that from January 1, 2019, there is an increase in the amount of pension maintenance by 7.05%. But only those who:

received a pension assignment; completed labor activity at least 3 months before indexation (i.e. September 30 inclusive); at the time of indexation is not listed in the state (or out of state) of enterprises, does not conduct entrepreneurial activities and is not a self-employed citizen.

Many pensioners decided to take advantage of the loophole left by the state. So, some Muscovites quit in early autumn. Having received the required indexation of 7.05% (taking into account past increases), they plan to find a job again. Since the authorities will not be able to cancel indexation, they will be able to receive an increased pension, but at the same time continue to work.

Indexation of pensions for working pensioners in 2019.

As in previous years, due to the difficult economic situation in the country, indexation for working pension recipients is not planned in 2019. But this became known back in the fall of 2018, but at the same time there was a rumor that, in principle, there would be no increase.

Moscow working pensioner Fyodor Zh. turned to a lawyer for help: his pension was not indexed. The man explained that he was afraid that the indexation would not affect him even if he quit his job. The lawyer explained that his pension would be raised 3 months after his dismissal, and all missed indexations would be taken into account.

Of course, many working pensioners are afraid that when they raise their pensions non-working pensioners in 2019, they will simply be “forgotten” and you won’t have to wait for a raise when they finally retire. But this is not so, and all the due amounts will be paid to them 3 months after the dismissal, and for 3 “missed” months too.

Who will receive a pension increase in February 2019.

The February increase in pensions will not affect all pensioners, but only those who receive the CED and NSU, and the payments themselves do not relate to the amount of the pension content. The recipients of lump-sum cash payments include veterans, disabled people, Heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation.

The indexation coefficient is only 1.034, therefore, for disabled people of group I, the increase will be only 123.32 rubles. Some other categories will not have to count on this amount. For example, disabled people of group III will be “pleased” with only 70.49 rubles.

Will there be an increase in pensions for pensioners in April 2019.

The April increase applies only to recipients of social pensions and pensions that are based on the basic social pension rate. Of course, at the end of 2018, there were rumors that there would be no increase. And, alas, it really won't. However, indexation will still take place, so the question of whether the pension will be increased in 2019 for “social workers” can still be answered in the affirmative.

Another talk about the increase factor. It will be only 2.4%, which is lower compared to 2018 (2.9%), but higher compared to 2018 (1.5%). From April 2019 base rate social pension will increase to the amount of 5,304.57 rubles. However, taking into account the Constitution of the Russian Federation and other regulatory legal acts, a pensioner cannot receive a monthly allowance less than the pensioner's subsistence level, which is set at the federal level in the amount of 8,846 rubles.

How much will the pension increase in August 2019

The August adjustment applies exclusively to working pensioners and does not affect the rights of non-working pension recipients. This is not a classic promotion and not even indexing. The amount of maintenance is adjusted taking into account:

the value of pension points, which in 2019 are regarded as 1 point = 87.24 rubles; the number of pension points earned per year, but not more than 3.

Consequently, the maximum possible increase in the pension content will be only 261.72 rubles. to the pension you receive.

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