Villagers May Stay Without Pensions

Collective farms don't pay the Social Security Fund.

The arrears of contributions to the Social Security Fund are now about 45 million rubles, First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Andrei Labovich said today, Office Life writes.

According to him, it's not a large amount. The overwhelming majority of debtors are agricultural enterprises. As a rule, the collective farms of Vitsebsk region.

First Deputy Minister also says that in 2020, the expenses of the Social Security Fund will amount to Br17 billion. 78% of this amount will be spent on pensions. On benefits - 20%, that is, 3.4 billion, of which 2.5 billion - on child benefits.

Also, about 676 million will be spent on pensions from the national budget (for those who are not insured in the Social Security Fund).

In 2020, the income of the Social Security Fund is expected to amount to 17.2 billion, of which 86% are insurance premiums.

That is, the surplus is the same as it was planned for 2019 - approximately at the level of 200 million.

Subventions from the national budget will amount to 2 billion rubles.

Thus, the state continues to increase the planned indicators of the Social Security Fund. In 2019, expenditures were budgeted in the amount of about 14.8 billion rubles and expenditures - 15 billion rubles.

Andrei Labovich explained that the growth of the Social Security Fund's budget is associated with the nominal growth of pensions. In fact, a slight decrease in the number of pensioners is expected.