MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – The Labor and Social Security Ministry issued a resolution on 22 January 2021 to revise the minimum subsistence budget on average per capita and for the main social and demographic groups per month. Such information has been published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA has learned.
The new sizes of the minimum subsistence budget will be valid from 1 February to 30 April 2021.
The minimum subsistence budget on average per capita is set at Br262.87 (it equaled Br258.11 from 1 November 2020 to 31 January 2021).
The minimum subsistence budget across the main social and demographic groups (in December 2020 prices) is as follows: Br290.71 for the able-bodied population (previously – Br285.68), Br199.17 for pensioners (Br195.15), Br252.94 for students (Br248.06), Br168.46 for children under 3 (Br165.18), Br232.93 for children aged between 3 and 6 (Br228.85), Br283.65 for children aged between 6 and 18 (Br278.16).
Various allowances and increases that make part of the social security system and also certain social payments tied to the minimum subsistence rate will also be revised upwards. These are state benefits to families raising children, social pensions, additional payments to pensioners aged 75 and older who receive pensions in the labor, employment and social security bodies, the carer's allowances for Group I disabled persons or persons who reached the age of 80, allowances and increases to pensions for certain categories of pensioners.
