State pensions paid by PFR, as well as monthly supplements and other social benefits depending on the social pension’s size grew by 4% in April.
The indexation improved pensions and social security of more than 3.9 million pensions, among them 3.1 million recipients of social pensions.
An average size of the increased social pension amounts to 8,600 rubles. An average social pension of children with disabilities is 12,900 rubles. An average pension of persons with war-related disabilities and WWII veterans receiving two pensions amount to 30,000 and 32,900 rubles, respectively.
The minimal pension of non-working pensioners will not be smaller than the pensioner’s subsistence minimum in the pensioner’s home regions. If the pension and other benefits of a non-working pensioner are smaller than the subsistence minimum, the pensioner will be entitled to a social supplement to the pension.