Benefits and other social benefits. Social benefits and payments to citizens

  • Social benefits to citizens exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster

State social benefits - These are cash payments assigned to citizens on a monthly, periodically or lump sum basis in cases established by law in order to compensate for lost earnings or provide additional material assistance at the expense of the corresponding budgets of the budgetary system of the Russian Federation and serve as an addition to the main source of livelihood.

The system of state benefits in Russia in recent years has undergone significant changes due to the socio-economic transformations in the country, which have led to profound changes in all spheres of public life - in the economy, politics, and the social structure of society. In difficult economic conditions, measures were taken to improve the system of benefits in order to strengthen social support for families with children, disabled people, citizens who have lost their jobs.

The many types of benefits in the social security system are classified for various reasons:

  • By purpose of the benefit:
    • Benefits that compensate for earnings in whole or in part;
    • Benefits provided as additional material assistance.
  • By the duration of the benefit payment:
    • Monthly benefits
  • By recipient category:
    • Benefits for the children of military personnel who died in the performance of military service duties
    • Unemployment benefits

In addition to state social benefits assigned to certain categories of citizens using the above links, separate federal regulations also provide for the following types of social benefits:

The amount of social benefits in 2019

  • Temporary disability allowance

    In case of illness or injury of the insured person, including in connection with an operation to artificially terminate pregnancy or the implementation of in vitro fertilization - the payment of benefits at the expense of the FSS of the Russian Federation is made from the fourth day, in other cases - from the first day of incapacity for work with insurance experience

    • up to 5 years - 60%average earnings;
    • from 5 to 8 years old - 80% average earnings;
    • 8 and more years - 100% average earnings,
    for two calendar years preceding the year of the occurrence of an insured event for which insurance premiums are charged to the Social Insurance Fund, which does not exceed the maximum value of the base for calculating insurance premiums to the Social Insurance Fund established for 2017-2018 (755,000 rubles and 815,000 for the corresponding calendar years) ...

    To an insured person with an insurance experience of less than 6 months - in an amount not exceeding for a full calendar month Minimum wage*.

    Basis for appointment:

    • Labor Code of the Russian Federation (Art.183)
    • Federal Law of July 16, 1999 N 165-FZ "On the Basics of Compulsory Social Insurance"
    • Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ "On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with motherhood" (Art. 3, 7, 14)
  • Unemployment benefit
    • For citizens recognized as unemployed in accordance with the established procedure - in the amount of 1500 and 8000 rubles (minimum and maximum size, respectively);
    • For citizens pre-retirement agerecognized as unemployed in the prescribed manner - in the amount of 1500 and 11 280 rubles (minimum and maximum size, respectively).
    Basis for appointment:
    • Federal Law of the Russian Federation of April 19, 1991 N 1032-1 "On employment of the population in the Russian Federation"
    • Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 15, 2018 No. 1375 "On the minimum and maximum amounts of unemployment benefits for 2019"
  • Lump-sum benefit to citizens in case of post-vaccination complications
    • in the event of a post-vaccination complication - RUB 10,000;
    • in the event of the death of a citizen due to a post-vaccination complication - RUB 30,000 every member of his family
    Basis for appointment:
    • Article 19 of the Federal Law of September 17, 1998 N 157-FZ "On immunization of infectious diseases"
  • Social allowance for burial
    • In an amount equal to the cost of services provided according to the guaranteed list of burial services, but not exceeding RUB5,946.47** In districts and localities where the regional coefficient to wages is established, this limit is determined using the regional coefficient.
    Basis for appointment:
    • Article 10 of the Federal Law of 12.01.1996 N 8-FZ "On Burial and Funeral Business"
    • Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 12.10.2010 N 813 "On the timing of indexation of the maximum amount of the cost of services provided according to the guaranteed list of burial services subject to compensation to the specialized funeral service, as well as the maximum amount of social benefits for burial"

*) Application of the minimum wage is regulated by the Federal Law of June 19, 2000 N 82-FZ "On the minimum wage". From January 1, 2019, the minimum wage is set at 11,280 rubles.

**) The amount of the social allowance for burial has been indexed since February 1, 2019 based on the actual consumer price growth index for 2018. The indexation coefficient is established by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 24, 2019 N 32 "On approval of the indexation coefficient of payments, benefits and compensations in 2019" at 1.043.

In the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, a number of regional social benefits are assigned. You can learn more about the rules of appointment, categories of recipients and the amount of social benefits in your region of residence in the section "Social support in the regions".

The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies, in accordance with the current Russian legislation, make social payments. These include, in particular, a monthly cash payment to certain categories of citizens from among federal beneficiaries and additional monthly material support.

BASIC CONCEPTS

Additional monthly material support (DEMO) - monthly payments to certain categories of citizens. Only citizens of the Russian Federation, regardless of their place of residence, have the right to additional monthly material support.

DEMO in the amount of 1,000 rubles. installed:

  • invalids and participants of the Great Patriotic War;
  • disabled persons due to military trauma;
  • former underage prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of detention.

DEMO in the amount of 500 rubles. installed:

  • servicemen who served in military units, institutions, military educational institutions that were not part of the active army, in the period from June 22, 1941 to September 3, 1945 at least six months, as well as servicemen awarded orders or medals of the USSR for service during the specified period;
  • widows of servicemen who died during the war; widows of invalids of the Great Patriotic War;
  • persons awarded the sign "Resident of the besieged Leningrad";
  • former adult prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, prisons and ghettos.

DEMO is paid by the territorial body of the PFR simultaneously with the pension.

Citizens who have the right to a DEMO, but did not realize it in a timely manner, must submit an application for the appointment of this payment to the territorial body of the Pension Fund of Russia at the place of residence. If a citizen has the right to a DEMO, but he is not a pensioner, this payment is also assigned and paid by the territorial bodies of the PFR at the place of residence, and in the case of permanent residence outside Russia - by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

If a citizen simultaneously has the right to receive a DEMO on several grounds, it is established on one basis, providing for a higher amount of payment.

Monthly Cash Payment (MTS) - social payment established by the territorial bodies of the PFR to certain categories of citizens in the Russian Federation from among veterans, invalids, family members of war invalids, participants in the Great Patriotic War and war veterans, persons exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster, nuclear tests and man-made disasters , Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, full holders of the Order of Glory and their families, Heroes of Socialist Labor, Heroes of Labor of the Russian Federation and full holders of the Order of Labor Glory.

To appointing a MU, a citizen can submit a written application to any territorial body of the Pension Fund of Russia or the MFC. A person with disabilities who has submitted an application for the appointment of MU through an electronic service does not need to visit the territorial office of the PFR in order to receive the MU.

In the event that a citizen simultaneously has the right to receive a monthly payment on several grounds within the framework of one law, the monthly payment limit is established on one basis providing for a higher amount of payment.

Social Service Package (NSO) - recipients of monthly cash payments are entitled to state social assistance in the form of a set of social services, which includes:

    provision, in accordance with the standards of medical care, with the necessary medicines for medical use on prescriptions for medicines, medical products for prescriptions for medical products, as well as specialized medical food products for disabled children;

    provision, if there is a medical indication, of a voucher for sanatorium-resort treatment carried out for the prevention of major diseases to sanatorium-resort organizations determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the contractual system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs;

  • free travel by suburban railway transport, as well as by intercity transport to the place of treatment and back.

When providing social services, citizens with I group of disabilities and disabled children have the right to receive, on the same conditions, a second voucher for sanatorium treatment and free travel on suburban railway transport, as well as on intercity transport to the place of treatment and back for the person accompanying them.

Refusal from a set of social services - Citizens who have the right to a set of social services can choose: receive social services in kind or in monetary terms. It is allowed to replace a set of social services with money in whole or in part.

In order to refuse to receive a set of social services in kind and receive money, it is necessary by October 1 to submit an application for refusal to receive a set of social services in full, or from one of the social services or any two social services to the territorial body of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation , through the Multifunctional Center for the Provision of State and Municipal Services (MFC), online through the Personal Account of a citizen on the website of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (LKZL) or through the Personal Account of a citizen on the Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services (EPGU).

To pay for the provision of a set of social services to a citizen from February 1, 2019, 1121 rubles are sent. 42 kopecks per month.

It is enough to submit an application for waiver of benefits in kind (receiving medicines, free travel, etc.) once, after which there is no need to annually confirm your decision. The submitted application for refusal will be valid until the moment the citizen decides to resume receiving benefits. In this case, the beneficiary will have to submit an application to the territorial body of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation by October 1, through the Multifunctional Center for the Provision of State and Municipal Services (MFC), online through the Personal Account of a citizen on the website of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (LKG) or through the Personal Account of a citizen on the Unified portal of state and municipal services (EPGU).

Social supplement to pension - an additional payment to a pension up to the level of the regional subsistence minimum of a pensioner, set for all non-working pensioners whose aggregate material income is lower than its value.

There are two types of social supplements: federal or regional.

The federal surcharge is established if the pensioner lives in a region where the pensioner's subsistence minimum is below the federal subsistence minimum. It is paid by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

A regional supplement is established if the pensioner lives in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, where the pensioner's subsistence minimum is higher than the federal one. It is paid by the social protection authorities of the region's population.

To receive a social supplement for those who retired before January 1, 2010, nothing needs to be done - the PFR, together with the social security authorities, calculated the amount of social payment. For those who retire after January 1, 2010, social benefits are established simultaneously with the appointment of a pension at the request of a citizen.

Federal Register of Persons Eligible for State Social Assistance - a personalized list of federal beneficiaries, which is maintained by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation to exercise the rights of citizens to receive monthly cash payments, social services, and also to ensure high-quality and efficient spending of funds allocated for these purposes.

The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation pays not only, but also produces various. They rely on federal beneficiaries, people with disabilities of various groups and other citizens in need of material support. These include:

All these payments are financed from the federal budget.

What pensions does the FIU pay

The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation makes payments of several types of pensions and benefits:

  • . They are funded through insurance premiums for compulsory pension insurance, which are paid by employers for their employees. These include pensions:
  • , which are financed from the federal budget. They include pensions:
    • for the length of service (s);
    • (for example, victims of the Chernobyl accident)
  • Citizens with an assigned pension in the amount of below the subsistence minimum for a pensioner (SMP) in the region, The FIU assigns up to this value. Thus, the general material security of such a pensioner will be maintained at the PMP level.
  • Employees of the coal industry and members of flight crews are carried out by the FIU.
  • Citizens exercising care for disabled persons, The pension fund assigns and payments. They are received by persons caring for disabled people of group 1, disabled children or pensioners over 80 years old.
  • Citizens who have paid for the funeral services of a pensioner are paid correspondingly.

In addition, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation issues certificates for. The implementation of MSC funds is also carried out through the FIU in the prescribed permitted directions.

Monthly cash payments

To receive this benefit, a citizen must register at the place of residence with the Pension Fund. To refuse to receive services, you must also submit an application. In this case, monetary compensation will be accrued in the equivalent cost of this service.

Additional monthly material support

Material assistance in the form of payment of additional material support (DEMO) is provided to citizens of the Russian Federation for special merits. DEMO can be appointed on the basis of several laws, hence the categories of recipients differ.

Citizens listed in article 1 of the law of March 4, 2002 No. 21-FZ have the right to DEMO, and the amount of additional security for such persons may be from 415 to 250 percent the size of the social pension.

Also, from May 1, 2005, by decree No. 363 of March 30, 2005, a monthly payment was established:

  • In the amount of 1000 rubles:
    • invalids of the Second World War;
    • to the participants of the Second World War from among the persons specified in Art. 2 of the Law of 12.01.1995 No. 5-FZ "About veterans"
    • former prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of forced detention, created during the Second World War by the Nazis, who have not reached the age of 18.
  • In the amount of 500 rubles:
    • servicemen who served in military units during the Second World War for at least six months outside the active army;
    • widows of servicemen who died during the war with Finland, Japan, WWII, widows of deceased invalids of WWII;
    • having the award "Resident of the besieged Leningrad";
    • former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, prisons and ghettos who have reached 18 years of age.

From September 1, 2005, on the basis of the decree of August 1, 2005 No. 887, a material benefit was established in the amount of 1000 rubles disabled people due to military trauma. An exception is made by citizens who already receive a DEMO on the basis of Decree No. 363 of March 30, 2005.

If a pensioner has the right to an additional payment on several grounds, the payment is established one at a time, giving the right to receive a higher amount.

Social supplement up to the level of the pensioner's subsistence minimum

Non-working pensioners, children with disabilities, minor children who receive in case the aggregate income of all payments provided to them is below the subsistence level established in the region of his residence, have the right to receive the established pension provision.

  • If the total income of the pensioner is below the federal level, then the additional payment is made Pension Fund.
  • If the amount of benefits is lower than the regional, but higher than the federal level, social supplements are paid social protection authorities.

This provision is governed by Article 12.1 of the Law of 17.07.1999 No. 178-FZ "On State Social Assistance".

Each region of the Russian Federation establishes its own subsistence minimum, which is calculated for each year by the corresponding regional law based on consumer prices for products and services.

Registration of social supplements occurs along with pension by written application. It is paid from the first day of the month following the application.

Pension supplement for certain professions

The allowance is intended for citizens of certain professions and is paid to a pension by the state for specific working conditions and merit.

It is made monthly in order to increase the level of security for the following categories of pensioners:

  • Coal workers.

    The surcharge is made on the basis of the law of 05/10/2010 No. 84-FZ "On additional social security for certain categories of workers in the organization of the coal industry."Persons who have worked for at least 25 years full time in coal - industrial organizations and receive a basic pension, or at least 20 years in positions of leading professions.

  • To flight crew members of civil aviation aircraft.

    According to the law of November 27, 2001, No. 155-FZ, payments are made to this category of citizens if there is a length of service in this position for men - at least 25 years, for women - at least 20 years. If the position is left for health reasons earlier than this period, men - at least 20 years, women - at least 15 years.

To apply for a surcharge, you must contact the territorial department of the Pension Fund with an application, to which the following documents are attached:

  • the period of work that determines the right to additional payment;
  • about average earnings for the last year or any 5 years in a row.

Payment for the care of disabled citizens (monthly and compensatory)

This type of payment is accrued to able-bodied, but not working citizens who have the right to:

  • - credited to persons caring for disabled children, as well as disabled people of group I. At the same time, according to Presidential Decree No. 175 of February 26, 2013, the amount of the payment depends on the degree of kinship of the caretaker of the disabled:
    • Parents, adoptive parents, guardians, trustees are entitled to a payment in the amount of 5500 rubles.
    • Other persons - 1200 rubles.
  • - is paid to persons who care for a disabled person of group I, a citizen over 80 years old or an elderly person in need of constant care, on the basis of a doctor's opinion. The payment is assigned in the amount 1200 rubles and is paid together with the pension benefit to the disabled citizen. In regions with a regional coefficient, the size of the payment may increase.

If a citizen is caring for several disabled people at once, the benefit is paid for each.

Any serving citizen can receive compensation, while he must be:

  • who have reached the age of 16;
  • fully able to work;
  • not officially employed at the time of care;
  • not have unemployment benefits and not receive a pension;
  • is not a private entrepreneur.

Pensioner burial allowance

According to the law of 12.01.1996 No. 8-FZ "On burial and funeral business"persons involved in the funeral of a pensioner have the right to material and other assistance. These may not necessarily be relatives of the deceased, but also neighbors, friends, or other persons.

This is a one-time financial assistance guaranteed by the state to citizens who have borne the expenses in connection with the burial of the deceased. Benefits are not paid to persons who have used services from the approved list free of charge.

The allowance is paid to those who applied for it no later than six months from the day the pensioner died. To obtain it, you must submit the following documents:

  • recipient's passport;
  • statement;
  • death certificate from the registry office;
  • a certificate from the employment service or an extract from the work book.

The amount of the allowance is determined on the day of the request by the funeral provider. As of February 1, 2018, the amount of the benefit is 5740 rubles 24 kopecks.

Payment of funds takes place on the day of application, provided that the necessary documents are available in the district administration of the Pension Fund, if the pensioner did not work... If the pensioner was employed, contact the Social Insurance Fund.

Benefits are paid through:

  • post office;
  • credit institutions based on the submitted account number and bank details.

Maternity Capital Program

Maternal (family) capital is a measure of support for Russian families by the state in which the second child (or the next one, provided that the second child was not entitled to receive funds) was born or adopted from 2007 to 2021 inclusive. The size of maternity capital in 2018 is 453,026 rubles.

According to the law of December 23, 2006 No. 256-FZ "On additional measures of state support for families with children"means mat. capital can be directed to:

  1. improvement of living conditions;
  2. teaching children;
  3. adaptation and rehabilitation of disabled children;

Under the terms of this program, it is completely impossible to cash out the certificate. However, since 2015 it is possible to receive lump sum 20,000 rubles from maternity capital in accordance with the law of 20.04.2015 No. 88-FZ. To do this, one could apply to the Pension Fund at the place of residence.

In April 2016, Dmitry Medvedev proposed to increase the size of the one-time payment from the funds of the capital up to 25,000 rubles, which could be issued until November 30, 2016.

Benefits are one of the forms of social security in Russia. These are regular or one-time payments from the FSS of Russia or the state budget.

Thanks to our important topic, you can find out who is entitled to what benefits, as well as in what amount and under what conditions they are paid.

Types of benefits

  • Temporary disability allowance
  • Unemployment benefit
  • Children's benefits :

Benefits are assigned and paid at the place of work, study, service, in social protection bodies, depending on the type of activity and employment of the recipients.

Benefits (2017)

Benefit type

The size

Norm

Temporary disability allowance

Minimum size

As such, there is no minimum benefit. But the minimum average earnings for calculating benefits are fixed - (7,800 rubles)

Average daily earnings are determined by the formula (for example, the minimum wage): minimum wage x 24/730 (7800 x 24/730 \u003d 256.44 rubles)

Maximum size

It depends on the length of the insurance period.

With an insurance experience of 8 years or more ():

(670,000 rubles + 718,000 rubles) / 730

With an insurance experience of 5 to 8 years:

(670,000 rubles + 718,000 rubles) / 730 x 80%

With an insurance experience of up to 5 years:

(670,000 rubles + 718,000 rubles) / 730 x 60%

Maternity allowance

The amount of the maternity allowance is calculated based on the average earnings for the two calendar years preceding the year in which the maternity leave began.

The minimum average earnings are calculated using the formula:

Minimum wage x 24/730 (7800 x 24/730 \u003d 256.44 rubles)

The maximum average daily earnings for calculating benefits in 2017 is:

(670,000 rubles + 718,000 rubles) / 730

One-off childbirth benefit

RUB 16,350.33

Lump-sum allowance when transferring a child to a family for upbringing

RUB 16,350.33

If a disabled child, a child over the age of seven, as well as children who are brothers and (or) sisters are transferred to foster care - 124,929.83 rubles. for every child

Monthly childcare allowance for a child up to 1.5 years old

The minimum size for caring for the first child is 3,065.69 rubles.

The minimum size for caring for a second and subsequent child is 6131.37 rubles.

The maximum size regardless of which child is being cared for is RUB 23,120.66.

Maternal capital

One-time allowance for the pregnant wife of a conscript

RUB 25,892.45

Monthly allowance for a child of a conscript

RUB 11,096.76

The Russian Federation is a social state, according to which all material benefits are redistributed according to the principle of social justice. The state regulates the economy, develops a variety of social programs, improves social legislation in order to maximally provide each citizen with equal starting conditions for future life and to provide support to socially vulnerable segments of the population.

The social policy of the state is expressed in social security, which, among other things, provides for the implementation of various social benefits. Social payments are cash payments to citizens, which are carried out by state bodies from the state budget in order to maintain a decent standard of living for these citizens. Legal regulation of social protection of the population, including cash payments, is carried out by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation. Social payments can be one-time, monthly, annual. Their list includes a variety of benefits, compensations, benefits, pensions, for example:
  • cash benefits to women and families in connection with pregnancy, childbirth, upbringing and childcare;
  • allowances for combatants, disabled and war workers, families of military personnel;
  • payments to citizens who have been exposed to radiation as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant;
  • payments to honorary citizens, donors;
  • benefits for disability and unemployment;
  • scholarships, etc.


Pension is a monthly cash benefit that is paid for the following reasons: reaching retirement age, becoming disabled, losing a breadwinner. When calculating the amount of a pension, many factors are taken into account: gender, age, health status, life situation, for example, loss of a breadwinner, seniority, etc. Detailed information on the rules for registration, calculation and payment of pensions is available on the official website of the Pension Fund of Russia. Russian law provides for cash payments to support families with children. Among them:
  • lump-sum payments at birth, as well as payments to women who were registered for pregnancy at an antenatal clinic at an early stage;
  • differentiated monthly childcare allowance;
  • payments to single mothers, parents of many children, etc.
Individual enterprises and organizations support their employees with social benefits. These include: severance pay, payments to employees who fell under the layoff, additional payments to state pensions, various compensations and benefits, material assistance, etc.