The expert explained the reason for the additional payment to the February pension
In February, pensioners will receive an additional payment in the form of additional indexation of the January pension, due to which the February pension will be larger than the March one. This was told on February 12 by Viktor Lyashok, a leading employee of the Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
"In February, the size of pension payments will be higher than expected in March. This is due to the fact that in February, along with the monthly pension for this month, pensioners were sent a special supplementary payment," he said in a conversation with RIA Novosti.
Lyashok explained that from January 1, insurance pensions were increased by the projected inflation rate of 7.3%, while, according to Rosstat, according to the results of 2024, inflation in Russia amounted to 9.5%. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to further increase the size of pensions in 2025, and in February will come the additional payment of the pension underpaid last month.
According to the expert, the decision on additional indexation of pensions will affect 39.3 million Russian pensioners. The average payment will amount to about Br24.9 thousand.
Earlier, February 11, the State Duma adopted a bill on indexation of military pensions by 9.5%. It establishes the amount of cash payment taking into account the level of actual inflation from January 1, 2025. According to Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, the bill will be sent for Putin's signature this week.
Before that, on February 10, the State Duma deputies from the LDPR proposed to recalculate the insurance pension for working pensioners based on the maximum individual pension coefficient (IPK) from August 1, 2025. According to them, the adoption of such a bill would restore social justice to working pensioners and improve their welfare.
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