The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday approved the Budget of the Pension Fund for 2015 deficit in 81 billion hryvnias (2, 7 billion), said the Minister of social policy of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko.

"The budget of the Pension Fund was approved Today at a meeting of the government, its indicators coincide with the budget assignments, which are allocated to the Pension Fund of Ukraine, the Pension Fund Budget is balanced," said Rozenko correspondents.

"Today, the gap between income and expenditure of the Pension Fund is about 81 billion UAH. This can be called either a deficit or a grant, these funds now provided for in the budget of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Budget fully cover this shortage, " said he.

However, he did not say the amount of the approved Pension Fund.

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