Kotyakov announced plans to index social pensions by 14.75% from April 1

Social pensions are planned to be indexed by 14.75% from April 1 this year. This was reported to journalists by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Anton Kotyakov on February 19.

"Indexation of social pensions is carried out annually on April 1. In 2025 it will amount to 14.75%," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying .

According to Kotyakov, the increase in social pensions and state pension payments will contribute to higher incomes for 4.2 million Russians. He specified that about 85 billion rubles of the federal budget is provided for indexation.

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Leading employee of the Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Viktor Lyashok reported on February 12 that pensioners will receive additional payments this month in connection with the additional indexation for January. Thus, the February pension received more than the March one. The decision affected 39.3 million Russian pensioners, while the average payment amounted to about Br24.9 thousand, said Lyashok.