State pensions raised by 8.6% will be delivered from April 1 on the standard delivery schedule.
The raise applies to about 4 million pensioners, including almost 3.3 million social pension holders. Most of them receive disability pensions (2.2 million pensioners) and survivor pensions (1 million pensioners).
Social pensions are raised simultaneously with state pensions of:
- WWIIveterans,
- Holders of the “Resident of Besieged Leningrad” Badge,
- Holders of the “Resident of Besieged Sevastopol” Badge,
- Conscripts and their families,
- People affected by radiation or man-made catastrophes and their families,Some other categories of citizens.
The federal budget will assign 33.7 billion rubles for the pension increase before the end of this year.
Please note that the initial raise of social pensions in 2022 was planned at 7.7%, however, a decision was made to raise social pensions by 8.6% from April 1, 2022, same as insurance pensions were raised on January 1, 2022.