The state Duma adopted the law on increasing pensions in excess of the subsistence minimum

The state Duma adopted government's law on the increase of pensions in excess of the subsistence minimum. Now first you will install a social Supplement to bring the pension up to the subsistence minimum in the region, and then be indexed. so, the material support of pensioners each year will exceed the subsistence level by the amount of indexation. This legislative act also provides for the recalculation under the new rules from 1 January 2019. The same technique will be used when calculating payments to low-income pensioners. The initiative was developed to implement provisions of the address, Vladimir Putin, about the battle against poverty in Russia. As expected, the Federation Council will see the draft on March 27. <span style="color:darkgray