The bill "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Appointment and Payment of Pensions", sent to the State Duma by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation in mid-June, was adopted in the main reading on Wednesday, September 26. Prior to this, within two months, the lower house received amendments and feedback from the regions. They were analyzed and systematized by a special working group, which included, in addition to deputies, representatives of trade unions, business circles, the expert community. The group was established following the results of large public-parliamentary hearings on the improvement of pension legislation held at the State Duma at the initiative of Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on August 21. By September 24, there were 324 amendments, said the head of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Yaroslav Nilov. Of these, 9 amendments were introduced by the President of the Russian Federation, 238 by the State Duma deputies, 41 deputies of the State Duma and members of the Federation Council jointly developed, 4 - came from the Federation Council and 32 initiatives came from the regions. The final text of the document included the entire package of amendments from the president. In particular, the age of retirement for women is decided to increase not by 8 years, but by 5 - to 60 years. For mothers with many children, there is a possibility of early receipt of an insurance pension: in the presence of three children - three years earlier, 4 children - 4 years earlier, 5 or more children - from 50 years. Benefits remain on the age of retirement for indigenous, small peoples of the North and a number of other categories of citizens. In addition, people who, according to the old legislation, expected to receive a pension in the next two years, are given the opportunity to go on a well-deserved vacation for six months before the deadline. The maximum unemployment benefit for people of pre-retirement age from January 1, 2019. will increase from 4 thousand. 900 rubles to 11 thousand. 280 rubles. In rural areas, non-working pensioners who have worked for more than 30 years will also receive an increase to the pension of 25%. The indexation of payments to current pensioners will be held in a new way. This was told by Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, who was present at the meeting in the State Duma. Thus, the annual increase in pensions in the period from 2019.

to 2024 g. will be implemented not as before from February 1, but from January 1:.

"This indexation will allow, on average, to increase the amount of pension for these six years by 1000 rubles. Accordingly, the increase in income for each year, on average, is estimated at 12 thousand. rubles, "explained Golikova. She pointed out that after 2024. The indexation of pensions will be held twice a year. Moreover, the increase will be greater than the percentage of inflation, the Deputy Prime Minister stressed.. The proposal submitted by the parliamentarians of the upper and lower chambers relating to funded pensions. On their payment can count women after 55 years and men after 60 years. If the amount of savings is less than 5% of the accrued pension, the amount can be received at a time, and can be - in parts together with an insurance pension. Working pensioners after the termination of labor activities are guaranteed to make a full indexation of the pension for the whole past period. Citizens of pre-retirement age, that is, five years before the age of accrual of insurance pension, receive a number of benefits. In particular, they will be given paid leave for the passage of clinical examination. At the same time, the Pension Fund will be informed by the appropriate state and regional authorities of the citizen's receipt of the right to benefits..

At the same time, the approach to changing the parameters of the pension system of the State Duma has chosen an integrated. Deputies have already approved the introduction of criminal liability of employers for the unlawful dismissal of older people, ratified the second reading of the ILO Convention on Minimum Standards of Social Security. At the same time, the legislators intend to monitor the implementation of the adopted normative acts in order to be convinced of the effectiveness of the adopted laws on the improvement of the pension system.