Medvedev has urged to change the approach to the assessment of poverty level

Medvedev D. A. said that the approach to the assessment of the level of poverty have the opportunity to review and to bring it closer to international standards.

According to the Prime Minister, to a greater extent should be based on the expenditure of man, " as It's trying to do in the world ", and not start from the parish funds.

"Then we will not have situations where a family with children that is barely making ends meet, and also cares for older relatives, are not entitled to benefits just because some ruble their income exceeded the subsistence minimum ", - said Medvedev at a meeting with heads of regions.

He said that there are reverse situation, when the affluent citizens, but are not officially employed, receive monthly money from the country.

According to Medvedev, to solve the problem of poverty, the state must communicate with a specific person and find him " own private recipe."

"to help people get out from such a situation, one must understand the specifics of his living situation, his needs, see what his education, what are the possibilities, what condition. With modern technology to make It absolutely easy, " - said Medvedev.

at a meeting with heads of regions, the Prime Minister tried to convince to make a social portrait of poverty in the country.

"we have more than 19 million people whose income is below the subsistence level. Today such people are the organs of protection, decisions about payments and allowances are accepted on the basis of dry figures and a fairly standard dataset. It is an impersonal picture, and we need to make it be more than a detailed social portrait of poverty in our country ", - noted the head of government.

He noticed that Today the law and technology can be used to support a specific person.

"The problem of poverty lie not only in social but also in the economic plane. In other words, the task of the state is to provide the full range of possibilities, but will use these opportunities or not Is, of course, He will decide ", -concluded Medvedev.



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