Some 5.8 million Russians have asked their questions about social security to the Unified Call Center since the beginning of 2022. “Most frequent questions were about social benefits, assignment of pensions, payments to families with children and maternity capital. Information about the assigned payments also topped the list of enquiries.
Families that hold maternity capital certificates may use the funds to improve their homes without visiting client services of the Russian Pension Fund. For public convenience, the PFR has signed information exchange agreements with 108 banks, so that parents could use the funds in a faster and easier manner. Interaction has been established with certain offices of Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank and many other credit institutions.
Acting Chairman of the Russian Pension Fund Board Sergey Chirkov has taken part in a teleconference, which summed up results of the all-Russia Day for Reception of Senior Citizens on social security issues organized by the United Russia party.
The Pension Fund has sent proactive pension notices to 6 million Russians since the beginning of this year. The notices were received by men who have reached the age of 45, and women who have reached the age of 40.
Almost 2 million working Russians opted for electronic labor books this year. A key advantage of the electronic labor book is the constant access of an employee to the information it contains. Such employees do not need to ask their employers for information, which often requires the submission of an application and several days of waiting.
The Pension Fund will compensate the expenses of northern pensioners in traveling to their vacation destination by personal car since August 24, 2022. The government resolution, which broadened the possibility of compensation for traveling to the vacation destination and back, took effect on that day. Earlier, compensations were paid for using any kind of transport but personal.
Acting Chairman of the PFR Board Sergey Chirkov took part in the 6th Moscow Financial Forum in Manezh on September 8. The Pension Fund head addressed a session, which discussed the ongoing changes in the Russian social security system.
Rostelecom and the Russian Pension Fund have prepared a new training module for the expanded course of the Internet ABC program, Smart Phone Fundamentals. The course will be useful to elderly people who have learned how to use a computer on a basic level and seek new knowledge.
Acting Board Chairman of the Russian Pension Fund Sergey Chirkov has sent greetings to the participants and guests of the First Moscow International Festival of Pensioners that took place in the capital last weekend.
Some 16,500 families have spent their maternity capital on the construction or renovation of a private home since the beginning of this year. The Pension Fund has transferred a total of 5.3 billion rubles for these purposes. The money was provided for building a new home, expand the existent home, or compensate for home construction and renovation expenses.