Minimum pension in 2021: table with amounts for all regions of Russia

Recipients of minimum pensions and the growth of their income levels have traditionally been ignored by the authorities. It is not very beneficial for officials to talk about this category of pensioners - it is difficult to report on the successes of social policy using the example of such elderly Russians. In 2018, it was loudly announced that pensioners would receive an increase of a thousand rubles a month thanks to the start of pension reform in 2019. However, it is precisely those who need such an increase most – those receiving the minimum – who received either nothing or almost nothing. Let's figure out why this happened. Minimum pension in Russia in 2021 - what the table of minimum old-age pensions looks like in the regions of the country from January 1.

How is income calculated?

When calculating the total amount of material support for a non-working pensioner, the amounts of the following cash payments are taken into account:

• pensions (parts of a pension);
• additional material (social) support;
• monthly cash payment (MCB), including the cost of a set of social services (NSS);
• other social support measures established by the legislation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in monetary terms (with the exception of social support measures provided at a time).

In addition, when calculating the total amount of material support for a pensioner, the cash equivalents of the social support measures provided to him for paying for the use of a telephone, residential premises and utilities, travel on all types of passenger transport, as well as monetary compensation for the costs of paying for these services are taken into account.

Indexing

From January 1, 2021, old-age insurance pensions are indexed by 7.05%.

Meanwhile, if, after indexing the pension by 7.05%, the amount of the pensioner’s total material support (including pension, as well as other payments: EDV, social support measures, etc.) remained below the pensioner’s subsistence level (PMP), then this citizen still FSD will be paid in the amount necessary to ensure that the amount of the total pension provision of this pensioner is not lower than the subsistence level.

What is considered the minimum pension in Russia?

According to Art. 12.1 of the Law “On State Social Assistance” in Russia, a non-working pensioner cannot receive a total amount of material support that is less than the pensioner’s subsistence level (PMP). It does not matter whether he has an insurance or social pension (despite the fact that in practice the size of the social pension is, as a rule, significantly less than the insurance one).

In fact, the monthly income (material security) of a pensioner can consist of several different amounts:

• directly the pension itself of any type (social, insurance, state);
• monthly cash payment (MCP) to federal beneficiaries - veterans, disabled people, family members of the deceased, etc., as well as a set of social services (NSS) paid in the form of cash compensation;
• additional monthly financial support (DEMO) for certain categories of citizens (for special services to the Fatherland, etc.).

If a pensioner’s monthly income is less than the minimum wage in the region of his residence, then a social supplement to his pension is provided. Its size is the difference between the financial support of a pensioner and the subsistence level. The amount of the PMP for establishing the minimum pension is reviewed annually from January 1 on the basis of regional laws.

The rule applies only to non-working pensioners . Working people can only rely on their own income and their pension itself, which, starting from 2021, is also not even indexed. Thus, the pension size of working pensioners may be less than the PMP, since social supplements are not provided to such pensioners.

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Social pension in 2021

Social pension is a type of state pension and is paid in the form of benefits . Due to its low size, in most cases this particular pension can be called minimal (in the sense that it establishes the lowest level of pension provision in Russia). It is paid to disabled citizens:

• by old age - upon reaching a certain age (until the end of 2018 this is 65 for men and 60 years for women, and from 01/01/2019 it will gradually increase to 70/65 years), when due to an insufficient number of years of work experience or pension points, older people cannot count on an insurance pension;
• due to disability (including disabled children);
• dependents of a disabled person due to the loss of a breadwinner.

The amounts of social pensions differ for different categories of recipients and are established annually from April 1 as a fixed amount. From 04/01/2019 social. pensions increased by 2.0%!. This indexation affected 4 million people.

After indexation from April 1, 2019 by 2%! the size of the social pension in 2021 in Russia is:

• 5283.85 rub. for the following categories: from among the peoples of the North - men upon reaching 55 years of age and women 50 years of age;
• men who have reached the age of 65 years and women 60 years old (according to the new law there will be 70/65 years);
• disabled people of group 2 (except for disabled people since childhood);
• children under 18 years of age (up to 23 years of age, studying full-time) who have lost their breadwinner - one of their parents.

But this does not mean that the recipient will have to live on the specified amount. If the amount of the social pension is less than the regional PMP, a social supplement will be assigned.

Social supplement to pensions for non-working pensioners in 2019

If the amount of income (material security) of a pensioner is less than the minimum monthly wage in the region, he is assigned a social supplement. It was introduced in 2010 with the aim of improving the material well-being of low-income pensioners. Only pensioners who meet the following set of conditions can count on additional payment:

• the pensioner does not work after receiving his pension;
• lives on the territory of the Russian Federation;
• has a total income less than the amount of PMP.

Depending on whether the size of the regional PMP exceeds or does not exceed the value of the pensioner’s subsistence minimum established for the country as a whole (in 2021 it is 8,846 rubles), the pensioner may be provided with one of two social supplements to the pension:

• federal - if the PMP in the region is less than the federal one (paid through the Pension Fund);
• regional - if the established regional PMP is greater than the federal one (paid by the Social Security authorities).

It happens that after the announced indexation of pensions, pensioners do not notice any increase. As a rule, social surcharge is to blame for this:

The fact is that during the year only the pension size itself is indexed, and the level of PMP for establishing the minimum pension does not change throughout the year . In this regard, after the next indexation, pensioners continue to receive a pension in the amount of the regional PMP (in this case, the amount of the social supplement simply decreases).

Thus, we can say that the annual indexation of pensions is felt only by those pensioners who do not receive a social supplement up to the subsistence level - and this is:

• non-working pensioners whose pension itself is greater than the regional PMP;
• working pensioners (they are not entitled to either a social supplement or annual indexation; in total there are 9 million of them in Russia).

It should be noted that the social supplement to the pension is established only on an application basis. This is usually done immediately at the time of registration of the pension after calculating its size. However, in practice, sometimes the pension is paid without a social supplement in the amount of less than the minimum monthly wage! In this case, the pensioner must independently submit a corresponding application to the Pension Fund of Russia or Social Security at the place of residence.

How much pay

We have prepared for you a table that shows the cost of living of a pensioner for 2021, as well as (for comparison) its level last year.

If, after indexing last year’s pension, it still does not reach the new PMP, then in the table you will see how much your pension will increase in 2021.

Who received how much?

As can be seen from the table, in a number of regions the size of the increase will be at the national level - 120 rubles. Regional authorities both last year and this year established a PMP equal to the all-Russian one.

In many regions, low-income pensioners will not receive any increase. According to regional authorities, life has not risen in price over the year and the cost of living for a pensioner in 2021 is set at the level of last year.

But in Crimea, the minimum pension has decreased by 160 rubles. If in 2021 pensioners were paid up to 8,530 rubles, then in 2021 they will receive only 8,370 rubles.

Pensioners of the Komi Republic and the Penza region will receive the largest additional payment - 550 and 543 rubles. respectively.

Living wage in the Nizhny Novgorod region in 2021

The cost of living is determined based on the consumer basket. In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the composition of the consumer basket is established by the Law of the Nizhny Novgorod Region No. 165-z dated December 24, 2012 “On the consumer basket in the Nizhny Novgorod region”.

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Food products included in the consumer basket for the main socio-demographic groups of the population in the Nizhny Novgorod region (working-age population, pensioners and children) are established in the following composition and consumption volumes (in physical terms):