In Kyrgyzstan in May and October 2012, it is planned to increase the amount of the pension. Today, 27 January, Almazbek Atambayev said during a meeting with the Chairman of the Social Fund of the Republic of Muhammetkalyem Abulgazievym, correspondent BakuToday the press service of the head of State.
“We owe it to our esteemed veterans, the older generation. Therefore, the issue of increased pensions need to be brought under special control and carry out the necessary calculations. It would be appropriate to increase pensions in two phases, as was done last year. This issue will be under my personal supervision “-stressed Atambayev.
According to preliminary information the Social Fund, the first phase of plans to increase the insurance part of pensions. For these purposes should be 1 billion. 800 million soms (about 1.2 billion roubles). The second phase of improving pension plans in October 1, 2012 year.
As we have informed, on October 1, 2011, following the second phase of improving old-age pension it average size was 3.796 SOMs (about 2.5 thousand rubl.), compared to at the beginning of 2011, the level of payments increased by 996 soms, or at 136 per cent. In Kirghizia senior citizens make up more than eight per cent of the total population, or over 440 000 people. According to the Social Fund of the Republic, 92 per cent of older kirgizstancev live below the poverty line, including more than 20 thousands die each year due to poverty, many commit suicide. The pensioner’s subsistence level-kirgizstanca in 2011, reaching 4 thousand SOMs (approximately 2.6 thousand rubl.), but until these modest, according to local standards, money falls more than 90% of pensions. Minimum kirgizstanca Meanwhile, from 2011, an increase of 25.1% and amounted to 4 thousand 297 SOMs (about 2.9 thousand rubl.). Significant increase in the minimum consumer basket citizen (compared to the average annual value of the second quarter of last year, the value of the subsistence minimum rose by 6.8 per cent), the Office explained that the structure of the basket of food products occupies 65 percent, the main of which bakery, dairy, eggs, sugar has risen more than 30 per cent. As reported BakuToday, in the medium-term programme for the development of Kyrgyzstan’s 2012-2014 years laid such priorities as the establishment of day centres for elderly citizens; ensuring the financial sustainability of pension systems; periodic increases as the base, and the insurance of pensions that by 2014, bringing the average pension in the pensioner’s subsistence level.
