OREANDA-NEWS   Starting from August 1, Russia will index pensions for working pensioners. The increase was announced by Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, she is quoted as saying URA.RU .

According to the deputy, the pension coefficient is 123.77 rubles — this is "insignificant money", but in current conditions payments are indexed to the amount of up to three pension points (up to 371.31 rubles). At the same time, the majority of working pensioners receive a salary that allows them to score up to five points, Bessarab noted.

"We are working to allow working pensioners to earn more. We are considering the possibility of increasing the fixed part of the payment to the insurance pension in order to encourage employees to continue working after reaching retirement age. Today it is very important for Russia to leave competent, qualified, educated specialists, mentors for a new generation of specialists in the labor market," the deputy explained. According to economist Lyudmila Ivanova-Shvets, the exact amount of pension indexation depends on the amount of contributions to the Social Fund, and the cost of the point depends on the year of pension registration. The increase may amount to about 370 rubles per month, while all recalculations occur automatically. In addition to working Russians, the indexation will affect citizens who reached the age of 80 in the previous month. They will receive a double fixed part of the pension, which is 7567 rubles.

Previously, the director of content and analytics of the financial marketplace "I will choose.<url>" Irina Andrievskaya said that Russia may reconsider the retirement age. According to her, the arguments for its increase are the aging of the population and a reduction in the birth rate. Bessarab noted that the authorities have no such plans, despite the demographic problems associated with a low birth rate. The population of Russia has not yet entered the top ten centenarians, so there are no prerequisites for further raising the retirement age.