State Duma deputy Nilov explained the end of the transition period for the double indexation of pensions in 2025

The law on the budget of the Social Fund for 2023-2025 provides for three indexation of pension payments: January 1, 2024 by 4.6%, February 1, 2025 by 4% and April 1, 2025 by 3.6%. State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction Yaroslav Nilov explained that double indexation in 2025 is associated with the end of the transition period, when payments to non-working pensioners increase by at least 1 thousand rubles. in year.

“Until 2025, there is a transitional period when insurance pensions for non-working pensioners are increased by a certain index, but not less than a thousand rubles a year,” Yaroslav Nilov said in a conversation with “Russian newspaper”.

After the end of the transition period, pensions will be indexed to actual inflation for the previous year. Since inflation data is received at the beginning of the year, pensions will be indexed for the first time in February 2025, the second – in April.

In June 2022, pensions for non-working pensioners were indexed by 10%, in January 2023 – by another 4.8%. The average pension in Russia for pensioners is 22,000 rubles. At the Accounts Chamber spokethat by 2026 the pension will be on average 30% less than the average salary.

Olesya Pavlenko