“Since January 1, 2020, the insurance pensions of non-working pensioners have been indexed by 6.6%, which is higher than the forecast inflation rate for the end of 2019 (3%). Moreover, each pensioner has an individual increase and depends on the size of the received pension. working life, pension rights: length of service, number of pension coefficients, amount of paid insurance premiums – the higher the size of the insurance pension and, therefore, the amount of the increase after indexation, “the department reports commenting on the receipt by a resident of Chelyabinsk allowances in the amount of 1 ruble 10 kopecks after the January indexation of the pension.
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So, if the insurance pension of a non-working pensioner at the end of 2019 amounted to 10,137 rubles, after indexation it will increase by 669 rubles and will amount to 1,0806 rubles, if the insurance old-age pension of a non-working pensioner at the end of the year is 16,437 rubles, after indexation it will increase by 1,085 rubles and will be 17522 rubles, specified in the message.
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At the same time, the OPFR explains, there are pensioners whose pension is lower than the pensioner’s minimum subsistence level – if such a pensioner does not work, he will be charged a social supplement up to the subsistence level. Since 2019, a new mechanism for social co-payment has been introduced, according to which the increase as a result of indexing pensions is set in excess of the subsistence level of the pensioner in the subject, the PFR reports. All pensioners whose pension did not reach the subsistence minimum in the entity received indexation of payments in excess of this minimum.
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For example, at the beginning of 2020, the pension amount of a pensioner from the Chelyabinsk region, taking into account the indexation of 2019, amounted to 7,718.55 rubles. In addition to the pension, the pensioner received a social supplement up to the subsistence level, since the size of the pension was lower than the regional subsistence minimum of the pensioner – 8691 rubles, the amount of the supplement was 972.45 rubles, the report said. After indexing from January 1, 2020 by 6.6%, the pensioner received a pension increase in excess of a living wage of 509.48 rubles. As a result, payments to a pensioner amounted to 9,200.48 rubles (pension + supplement to pension up to the subsistence level + indexation: 7,718.55 rubles + 972.45 rubles + 509.48 rubles), reports the OPFR.
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Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, commenting on the issue of an increase in pension of 1 ruble, urged to deal with each case of low pension and salary separately, since each of them has its own nuances.
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