The income of the Pension Fund this year will decrease by 66.8 billion rubles. Because of this, his budget will become sharply scarce. The corresponding law was signed today by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The document was placed on the official portal of legal information. In the law, the index of the consumer price index, the subsistence minimum of the pensioner, as well as the results of the budget execution for the fund for 2017. and the expected implementation of the Fund's budget in 2018. The main parameters of the budget of the FIU for the planning period of 2019-2020 remain unchanged. In accordance with the document, the budget revenues of the FIU after reduction will amount to 2018. 8.266 trillion rubles (8.4% of GDP). At the same time, expenses, on the contrary, will increase by 92.1 billion rubles relative to the level set in the budget of 2018. , to 8.532 trillion rubles (8.7% of GDP). Thus, the budget deficit of the Pension Fund will grow significantly - up to 265.5 billion rubles. This is 158.9 billion rubles more than the previous forecast.

However, the government has already figured out where to get the money to plug the hole. Compensate for the deficit is planned through the use of fund balances formed in the fund's budget as a result of incomplete use in the past year. Earlier, the head of the pension department Anton Drozdov explained that the budget deficit of the fund headed by him is purely technical.

It is related to the general procedure for financing the fund balances specified in the Budget Code. The law on changing budget parameters was adopted in accordance with the proposals of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. In May, the department proposed to reduce the cost of pension provision this year by 51.5 billion rubles, and social security spending - by 5.9 billion rubles. As a result, state support for disabled people in 2018. will be reduced by 2.23 billion rubles in comparison with indicators of 2017. In connection with the change in the parameters of the indexation of social pensions, the costs for the payment of pensions for state pensions and additional payments to pensions for certain categories of citizens will decrease. The decrease will amount to 4.1 billion rubles - to 449.6 billion rubles. The law also implies a reduction in the cost of social benefits for burial and burial services in connection with the indexation from 1 February 2018 to 2.5%. However, salaries for the staff of the FIU itself will be much higher this year than in the past. This will happen in connection with the increase from May 1, 2018, the minimum wage to 11,163 thousand. rubles per month.

The total size of the payroll staff of the FIU will grow by 232 million rubles - up to 85.2 billion rubles. Note that in 2019 g. of Russians expect a planned increase in pensions. On average, the monthly pension for non-working pensioners will increase by 1,000. rubles. Thus, the annual increase to the pension will be 12 thousand. rubles. According to Anton Drozdov, the increase "does not require additional funds from the budget, this is the effect of raising the retirement age". So, in occasion of changing the parameters of the organization's budget, Russians may not particularly worry.