The State Duma announced amendments to maintain the indexation of pensions from January 1

The State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs plans to maintain the January indexation of pensions. Committee Chairman Yaroslav Nilov spoke about this on Monday, January 29.

In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the parliamentarian recalled that in 2025 the transition period within the framework of the pension reform will end, and along with it, the already familiar January indexation of pensions will end. From 2025, there will be a return to the previous scheme, in which pensions increased from February 1 by the actual inflation index for the previous year. At the same time, a second indexation is possible on April 1, taking into account the income of the Social Fund of the Russian Federation.

However, the relevant Duma committee considers it necessary to maintain the January indexation and is already working on a corresponding legislative initiative, Nilov said. In this case, various options are possible – for example, to maintain indexation from January 1 to a conditional index, and from February 1 to make additional charges taking into account actual inflation.

Earlier, Honored Lawyer of Russia Ivan Solovyov said that self-employed Russians who make contributions to compulsory pension insurance can increase pension. The expert explained that if this category of persons is equated with non-working pensioners, their pensions will be indexed.

In 2024, the state carried out indexation of old-age pension payments from January 1. However, in February, a number of categories of pension recipients also expect positive changes related to with a possible increase in payments. In particular, the size of monthly cash payments for the category of federal beneficiaries will increase by 7.4%.