To provide social payments to citizens

Together with the draft budget for next year, the deputies considered the draft law on the budget of the Unified State Social Insurance Fund. The law-in-draft, whose main task was timely payment of pensions and benefits was introduced by director of the Unified State Social Insurance Fund Alevtina Berioza.

The submited document states that in 2017, all social contributions will remain at the current year. The minimum pension, as well as in 2016, will amount to 616 rubles. There are not planned increases from Government. Revenue Fund budget are planned in the amount of 1 billion 810 million rubles, which is 119 million more than in 2016. The main source of fund income is tax payments of citizens in the amount of 1.5 billion rubles. Most of the revenue is the unified social tax in the amount of slightly more than 1 billion rubles.

The expenditure part of the budget of the Fund, which exceeded 2 billion rubles, as there is an increase compared to last year. According to presented data at today's plenary session, October 1 this year, there are more than 126 thousand pensioners registered in the country, compared with the beginning of this year by 1.5 thousand more.

As in previous years, the budget deficit of the fund is observed. The size in 2017 is planned in the amount of 814 million. According to the fund chairman, source of repayment is found - to cover the Fund's budget deficit in 2017 by borrowing funds from a special gas account.

In general, deputies were assured that in the future, all the social benefits will be carried out in full. The profile parliamentary committee supported the proposed draft law on the budget of the Unified State Social Insurance Fund for 2017. Deputy corps adopted the law-in-draft in the first reading.