The minimum pension of Muscovites for 2021 increased by 3 thousand rubles

The city's economy is doing well

Let me remind you that more than three million pensioners live in the capital. 2 million 83 thousand of them receive additional payments from the capital’s budget to their pensions. These are those Muscovites whose pension is lower than the city standard for the minimum income of non-working pensioners. Against the backdrop of inflation, the city authorities are constantly indexing this standard itself. This is how last year, for example, the minimum pension immediately increased by three thousand rubles - from 14.5 thousand to 17.5 thousand. This year, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the upcoming increase a few days before the government meeting at which a decision was made in this regard. Having arrived to see the progress of the improvement of Zelenograd, he met with the veterans and asked them a question: will the city be able to increase the city surcharge this year? “We told you that if the economy develops and Moscow’s income allows it, then we will continue to raise the minimum level. Despite the talk that the economy is getting worse and worse every year, I responsibly tell you that this is not so - incomes are growing, income taxes are growing, wages are growing, income tax revenue is growing, because the profitability of enterprises and their income is growing . This is the first sign that the economy is developing,” the head of the city pleased. And he promised that this coming Tuesday the Moscow government would consider this issue. And so, he kept his word. The capital authorities found it possible to allocate 9 billion rubles from the Moscow budget necessary to raise the minimum pension to 19.5 thousand.

And now all non-working pensioners whose pension is below this level will receive city additional payments, and there are now 1 million 600 thousand people in the city. What is also important, Sergei Sobyanin emphasized in his message on Twitter, 44 thousand people will have this help from the city for the first time. Moreover, in Moscow there is a rule: even with an increase in pensions due to federal bonuses, the city surcharge is not canceled. Its size is quite significant, the department of labor and social protection of the capital told RG. If before the current increase it was on average 5.5 thousand rubles per person, now it is more than 6.3 thousand. Let us ask ourselves: how much would pensioners receive without the help of the city? According to the Pension Fund, the average size of pensions for recipients of additional payments is 13,800 rubles.

The capital's income, enterprise profitability, and tax collection are growing. This allows it to pay extra to 1 million 600 thousand non-working pensioners on average 6.3 thousand rubles per month

RG readers often wonder why the capital raises pensions for its pensioners, while other regions most often do not. Just because Moscow has a lot of money? At the “Business Breakfast” in “RG”, the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Labor and Social Protection Vladimir Petrosyan answered it like this: “This is not the first time I have heard such a reproach and I am ready to repeat it. Moscow does have a large budget, but the city is also much larger - 12 million inhabitants. There are 3 million 90 thousand pensioners alone. Which regional center has this much population? Nevertheless, the Moscow government finds an opportunity not only to build new schools, hospitals, metro, while also performing the function of the capital, but also to help citizens who need its support. This is the best evidence of the prioritization of the city’s socio-economic policy.”

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How will pensions for Muscovites be increased from September 1?

From September 1, citizens who have retired will be able to count on a monthly pension, which the authorities have increased by 2 thousand rubles compared to previous figures. This increase will slightly improve the life of Muscovites.

According to the usual schedule, a recalculation is planned in the first ten days of September. Funds for the implementation of the resolution will come from the city budget. V. Petrosyan, head of the capital’s Department of Labor and Social Protection, provided comments regarding the increase. He noted:

“The average amount of additional payments to pensions in the capital increased from 5.5 thousand to 6.6 thousand rubles.”

There is a rule in Moscow: if federal bonuses increase, city authorities do not cancel additional payments. Such standards allow the city standard to be increased regularly.

Have you lived for ten years? So, Muscovite

However, it should be noted that in order to earn the right to additional payment from the city budget, a pensioner must live in the capital for at least 10 years. This rule was introduced back in 2013, when some of the townspeople, just in order to increase their pensions, began registering their parents, who most often continued to actually live in their homeland. For those who live less in the capital and have a very small pension, the city budget also pays extra, but only up to the subsistence level of a pensioner - in 2021 it is 12,115 rubles. “New Muscovites” will also receive their increase, Vladimir Petrosyan assured, but only from the new year - along with an increase in the cost of living.

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The size of the minimum pension in Moscow can be set by regional authorities and increased in comparison with all-Russian federal indicators. This right is enshrined at the legislative level. At the moment, until September 1, the minimum pension salary in the capital is 17,500 rubles. The increase was made as a general rule at the beginning of 2021. Then the minimum indicator was immediately adjusted upward by 3,000 rubles. At the same time, there were reasons specified in the legislative acts not to expect the next revision of pension benefits until 2020. Therefore, the minimum pension in Moscow has not increased since January 1, 2021.

In August 2021, during a working visit to Zelenograd, Sergei Sobyanin announced that the minimum old-age pension in the capital would soon increase again. At the same time, Sobyanin referred to his promise to raise the standards of social guarantees in proportion to the growth of revenues to the city budget. The mayor clarified that the capital’s income has increased, and accordingly, there is a basis for another adjustment to the size of the pension.

Nobody canceled natural benefits

What else is interesting? Even at the time of monetization, when in-kind benefits were abolished in many territories and regions, Moscow retained them in full. All pensioners, without exception, still travel for free on city public transport. Over 900 thousand people receive payment for the subscription fee for a landline telephone. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, labor veterans, disabled people and families with disabled children - in total more than 50 categories and a total of almost 4 million citizens enjoy benefits for housing and communal services and major housing repairs. These benefits exempt them from paying entirely or half. More than 47 billion rubles have been allocated specifically for these purposes in the Moscow budget in 2021. Another million citizens receive assistance in the form of subsidies - special payments that compensate for the cost of utilities if they are too difficult for the family. To receive them, you don’t even have to be a beneficiary; all Muscovites who spend more than 10% of their entire family’s income on housing and communal services are entitled to a subsidy. This is the lowest threshold for assistance in the country.

Minimum pension in Russia in 2021 from January 1 by region: table

Situations are common when, when applying for a pension for a citizen, the Pension Fund sets it at a small amount, which is also less than the regional subsistence level of the pensioner. This happens when a person has little work experience or accumulated pension points. In order to bring the amount of his pension up to the PMP, he is assigned a social supplement to his pension. As a result, the pensioner will receive the minimum pension provision established in the region of his residence.

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The minimum pension corresponds to the minimum subsistence level of a pensioner (PMP) in each specific region. PMP in 2021 in Russia as a whole was approved in the amount of 8846 rubles , which means the minimum pension in the country as a whole is 8846 rubles. But in different regions of the Russian Federation these amounts differ.

Only in 16 regions of the country the minimum payment is more than 8,846 rubles, in the rest this amount is even less. In 2021, the highest cost of living for a pensioner is in Chukotka ( 19 thousand rubles ), and the lowest is in the Tambov region. ( 7 thousand 811 rubles ).

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what the cost of living of a pensioner will be in 2019 using the table prepared by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. Accordingly, you can find out what the minimum pension will be for pensioners in 2019. The difference in the size of the minimum payment in different regions is justified by the fact that when calculating the cost of living of a pensioner, the cost of the consumer basket, the cost of mandatory payments and taxes are taken into account. Accordingly, in those regions in which the prices of products and services are higher, the minimum pension amount is higher.

Table: the size of the minimum pension in Russia in 2021 by region

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What additions will be made in the Moscow region?

The smallest pension in the Moscow region should also not be less than the subsistence minimum, which in this region is slightly more than 9,500 thousand rubles.
However, starting this year, an additional amount of almost 400 rubles will be added to the pension.

That is, after a person officially receives the right to receive a pension, its size must be no less than the subsistence minimum, and the person can also contact the social security service and ask for additional supplements to be added to his pension.

How much will pensioners from Moscow receive?

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How much will pensioners from Moscow receive?

How to calculate a pension for an unemployed Muscovite?

What additions will be made in the Moscow region?

About non-working pensioners

Will payments in Russia increase?

A person who officially no longer works and has retired and has been living in Moscow for at least 10 years, then additional allowances will be added to his current money. The main guideline for the administration is how much people received before, and for 2021 the minimum amount of payments was equal to 17,500 thousand rubles.

However, no one knows the exact amount of how much money will be added to the pension; the mayor of the city did not provide such information, as there is one problem.

To determine the size of the pension, you need to find out the minimum profit during recalculation, which is calculated based on projected inflation.

In addition, if the economic situation in the country deteriorates significantly, then the city authorities can reconsider important indicators and make pensioners more solvent, based on what changes in prices and inflation may occur.

Those who have lived for a long time in areas that recently became part of Moscow can also receive additional money.