The State Duma deputy proposed to increase pension indexation

The level of pension indexation should be calculated based on the actual spending of Russian pensioners. This was announced on April 1 by Sergey Gavrilov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Property, Land and Property Relations, in an interview with TASS.

"In recent years, pension indexation has become an annual ritual with an almost imperceptible response from most older people. Try asking a random pensioner if he felt the increase," he said.

To do this, he suggested reviewing the formation of the consumer basket, making it more closely related to the real spending of the population.

"After all, we are not talking about a Russian with a mortgage, an iPhone and family trips - we are talking about an elderly person whose budget consists of medicines, utility bills and simple products. And if the cost of sugar, bread, travel and blood pressure medications increased by 22% over the year, and the pension was raised by 9%, then this is not an increase, but a decrease," Gavrilov said.

He also stressed the importance of not only insurance, but also social pensions. It is what every fifth Russian pensioner currently receives.

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