The cost of living in the Stavropol Territory is set at the level of the all-Russian subject. The indicator reflects the average standard of living of the country's citizens. Depending on the size of the living wage, the size of social payments to unprotected layers of the population is also established, the same amount forms the basis for the development and implementation of social programs.
Consumer basket
The living wage table is a consumer basket that has a cost estimate. So, the amount sufficient to provide for life varies depending on the region of Russia. The current consumer basket was installed back in 2013. The revision of the list of products and services is planned only in 2018.
Half of the value of the consumer basket is made up of food products. Thus, Russian families spend most of their budget on food. The second group is designed for non-food products - clothing, shoes, haberdashery, underwear, pharmaceuticals. The last, third, category includes payment for services: transport, utility bills, cultural events and more.
Legislatively determined that for the normal existence of the average Russian needed the following products:
- bread;
- vegetables (mainly potatoes);
- fruits;
- milk and dairy products;
- oil;
- sweets;
- meat;
- fish.
Cultural development and relaxation provides for one trip to the cinema or theater per month.
Calculation by main demographic groups
Since the beginning of this year, the highest executive body of Stavropol established new amounts of payments. The cost of living in the Stavropol Territory is divided into two categories:
- Per capita. This amount is 8148 rubles.
- Designed for a specific group of citizens. Residents of working age are assigned payments in the amount of 8669 rubles. For citizens of retirement age, the amount is 6656 rubles. Child allowance is paid to parents in the amount of 8309 rubles.
The cost of living in the Stavropol Territory also affected the size of social support for beneficiaries. It is decisive in establishing the following points:
- determining the status of a low-income family;
- grounds for receiving state aid;
- grounds for students to receive a monthly allowance for travel in urban modes of transport;
- grounds for receiving targeted assistance in paying for housing and utilities;
- grounds for receiving monthly payments per child (the amount of payments depends on the family income for each member).
Administrative innovations
The government of the Stavropol Territory, along with the recount of social benefits, introduced several more administrative innovations. So, the “one window” program was organized by the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population. The essence of the government program is to make the design of various benefits as accessible and simple as possible. That is, the management can partially receive documents independently, but only with the consent of the person who applied. For example, it may be a certificate of income, unemployment benefits, family composition. Reception of citizens is carried out in management, they are also advised in additional departments.
Not only the cost of living in the Stavropol Territory was on the agenda. The executive branch and organizations protecting the rights of workers and employers have signed an agreement implying payments to citizens who have fully worked their time in due conditions and have complied with the labor standard. The last amount is 8828 rubles.
Pension payments
The cost of living of a pensioner in the Stavropol Territory depends on the level of inflation in the country. The latter indicator also affects additional social benefits for especially needy veterans. The living wage for a pensioner in 2016 was six percent less than in the current one, which indicates positive progress. Almost all deputies voted for increasing the allowance by such a value. But representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation did not agree with the decision and therefore left the votes to themselves.
This indicator is calculated from the following condition: the previous cost of living is multiplied by the coefficient of price growth. The latter follows from the forecast of the country's socio-economic development.
Surcharge for pensions in the amount of 1684 rubles is paid from the federal budget by the Pension Fund, which helps to avoid unnecessary burden on the regional budget. Pension subsistence minimum in 2016 with surcharges was accrued to ninety-one thousand citizens.
Next year, the government plans to increase the living wage of a pensioner to eight and a half thousand rubles. This proposal is included in the plan for the next three years.