Over 663 thousand beneficiaries to get indexed pensions this month

Chisinau, 30 March /MOLDPRES/- The National Social Insurance House / CNAS / said that from 1 April 2021 all pensions will be raised by 3.89%, the indexation coefficient being the average of the annual increase of consumer price indices for the last three years. Funds worth 608 million lei was planned for the indexation of pensions of over 663 thousand beneficiaries in the state social insurance budget for this year.

According to CNAS data, all pensions established and recalculated under the Law on the public pension system will be indexed; old-age pensions; pensions of civil servants; pensions of customs officers; pensions established under the Law on social protection of citizens suffering from Chernobyl disaster; pensions set under the Law on pension insurance of the military and persons in the command corps and the troops of the internal affairs bodies and within the General Inspectorate of Carabineers.

Starting with 1 April the state social allowances for 66654 beneficiaries and the allowances for care, accompaniment and supervision for 12983 beneficiaries, set under Law No499 of 14.07.1999 on state social allowances for some categories of citizens, based on the amount of the minimum pension for old age, the severe, accentuated and average disability pension.

The next indexation will take place on 1 October then the inflation rate recorded in the first half of the current year will be taken into account, the indexation coefficient being set by the government.

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