The living wage of a pensioner is the same as that of any other person. It is equal to 9 776 rubles today. While the minimum wage is 7,500 p. It turns out that the minimum wage is not able to provide a person with even the purchase of what is considered necessary for survival. Moreover, when calculating the so-called consumer basket, it is considered that pensioners need the least money. All this, to put it mildly, is amazing. Therefore, it is worth delving into the numbers and indicators in order to understand this topic and try to understand the essence of the problem.
Conditional consumer basket
So, the latest statistics assure that the pensioner's living wage is 8 540 rubles in Russia and 11 561 - in Moscow. Children require the following amount - 9,806 and 13,080, respectively. For able-bodied citizens, the cost of living is 10,792 and 17,296 rubles.
All indicators are not very encouraging. As well as the fact that the Russian consumer basket includes only 156 products. While in Germany this food indicator is 475. And in the USA there is a so-called grocery plan, which the government is guided by, hoping to issue food stamps. However, the fact that the standard of living is much better abroad is not news, so it’s worth returning to the main topic.
Solution
The living wage of a pensioner is small. And the numbers are completely unrealistic, in order to really meet them, older people need to “cut back” themselves in everything. In addition, you have to pay for an apartment, utilities - the notorious 8-10 thousand are definitely not enough. So what to do?
The state, in order to solve this problem, has established regional and federal social co-payments. They are designed to increase the cost of living of a pensioner. However, not every elderly person can receive them. But only one whose pension does not reach the conditional cash equivalent of the consumer basket.
To calculate how much is the material support of an elderly unemployed person, four categories of cash payments must be taken into account. This is a pension (or part thereof), additional / social and monthly payments (the price of a set of social services is also taken into account), as well as other support measures established by the government in financial terms.
Moreover, even the expenses that the state “suffers” are taken into account, allowing pensioners to use certain types of public transport for free, and providing incentives for paying for housing, telephone and utilities. The above is calculated as “compensation” - it is understood that the pensioner's subsistence minimum includes all this. If you logically judge - then the benefits, as such, are not considered. Since they mean free promotion in connection with something (in this case, with age), and here everything is “included” in the cost of living.
Regional allowances
Well, if the legal payment from the fund to an elderly person is not enough even for the notorious consumer basket, he is entitled to a pension supplement. For a good example, it is worth analyzing how it is calculated.
Suppose an elderly person is registered in Moscow, where his minimum is 11,561 rubles, which was mentioned at the very beginning. If he gets less, he needs to apply for a social supplement. However, there are some nuances.
To get it, a person must be officially registered as unemployed at the time of treatment. And have a permanent registration in Moscow, permanently reside in it. If the supplement to the pension is established, then a person can receive it only from the next month. For example, a citizen applied to the fund in April. Three weeks before he will be accrued pension for this month. But even in this case, he will be able to receive a surcharge only in May. These are the rules.
Federal allowances
Many have a logical question - is the process of their design and receipt different from the regional? Yes, there are a few nuances. A federal supplement will be charged to an elderly citizen in the event that the amount of his monthly payments is less than the subsistence level indicated per capita (and not per pensioner). Naturally, the region of registration and residence is taken into account.
An important point is that the size of the regional consumer basket is less than the same indicator in the country. If financial assistance to a pensioner does not reach the established mark in both cases, then a federal surcharge for him will be issued. For this, as in all other cases, you need to contact the local branch of the FIU. It is also possible to clarify all issues, if any.
CFD
Now it’s worth talking about what is the cost of living for pensioners in federal districts. And you can start from the central.
If we exclude the capital, which was mentioned above, the Moscow Region will have the highest rates. The living wage for years is 7 549, 8 950, 9 161 rubles - in 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. Tver, Smolensk and Lipetsk regions demonstrate slightly lower indicators (about 8,500 p.). But worst of all are the citizens of the Tambov and Kursk region. There the cost of living is less than 7,500 rubles. And this is not even a minimum wage.
Indicators of the northern regions and the Southern Federal District
They are also worth noting attention. Despite the fact that Peter is the “second capital”, the pensioner's living wage in St. Petersburg is not the largest in the North-West and North-Caucasian districts. There, this figure is 8 540 rubles - as in Russia as a whole. But in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug the situation is better - there is a minimum for pensioners is 17 092 p. In the Murmansk region, the indicator is 12,090 rubles, in the Arkhangelsk region - 10,816.
In the Caucasus region, the situation is worse - there in all republics the pension minimum ranges from 7,900 to 8,500 rubles. And in the Southern Federal District - from 7,660 to 8,500 rubles.
Volga and Ural Federal Districts
In these districts, indicators are also low. If we take into account the Volga Federal District, then the best situation is in the Udmurt Republic, Perm Territory and the Kirov Region. There, the cost of living for pensioners is 8400-8500 p. And the lowest rates are observed in the Chuvash Republic, Orenburg and Saratov regions. There, pensioners receive about 7,700 rubles.
In the Ural Federal District, indicators are better. Even the pensioner's living wage in Moscow is lower by 2,300 rubles than in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. There he is 13,425 p. The Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug is not far behind with an indicator of 11,258 p. In all other regions (Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Sverdlovsk and Kurgan), the minimum is the same - about 8,500 rubles.
Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts
Perhaps the first district of the above can boast of the most stable situation. In all areas, the minimum for senior citizens on legal holidays is from 8,217 rubles to 8,540 rubles. True, last year it was more by 2-3 hundreds - in 2017 it was decided to lower it.
But the Far Eastern Federal District can be considered the best for pensioners. The most pleasant living wage is set for residents of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - 19,000 rubles. In the Kamchatka Territory, indicators are less - 16,400 p. In the Magadan region - 15,460 p. In Sakhalin 12 151 p., And in the Khabarovsk Territory 10 895 p. In the remaining four regions, the cost of living ranges from 8,600 to 9,000 rubles.
So, in general, it is clear how things are with pensioners today. If you look at these indicators, you can understand why most older people are still working. Well, one can only hope for the best - to increase benefits and lower prices.