Deputies facilitate the participation of working pensioners

Working pensioners do not have to pay the insurance in the amount of 3% of gross wages and salaries in the United State Social Insurance Fund, from which pensions shall be paid. This decision was made by legislators during the plenary session, supported in the first reading the legislative initiative of the President. This could not be done a week ago due to the fact that the Government had not submitted a formal opinion on the law-in-draft.

Thus, the income of this category of citizens, there are 35 thousand according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of working pensioners in the country, they will be increased. Legislative story somewhat increase their level of material security.In supporting the law-in-draft, deputies pointed to the fact decreased income EGFSS. At that the amount, which will not receive fund from the relevant ministry and parliament are different: first talk about 2 million rubles a month, the second - about 3.5 million rubles for the same period.

Chairperson of profile parliamentary committee on social policy Sergey Chaban urged his colleagues to consider adopted law-in-draft in the second reading in connection with the draft social security budget of the Unified State Fund for the coming year.