Social pension in 2021: size, registration rules

A social pension is financial support paid every month to unemployed people with no insurance coverage. The purpose of this type of cash assistance is to provide people without sources of income with a means of subsistence.

It is worth saying that money for social pension payments is allocated from the state budget, and not from insurance contributions. This is the fundamental difference between the social type of pension and the insurance one.

Social pension

As for the legal background, you can view the provisions related to this financial assistance in the Federal Law of December 15, 2001 No. 166-FZ “On State Pension Security in the Russian Federation.”

Types of social pension payments to people

Based on Federal Law No. 166-FZ of December 15, 2001, the following types of pension payments can be identified:

by old age;
due to disability;
due to the loss of a breadwinner.

It is important to say that each of these varieties is defined for a different time period. For example, if you have reached the required age, you will receive an old-age pension - it will be valid for the rest of your life. A “disabled” pension is issued for a temporary period during which a citizen is considered disabled, although in exceptional cases it can be assigned indefinitely. If a person has lost a breadwinner, then a pension payment is assigned until he reaches the age of majority or until he turns 23 years old, subject to full-time education at an educational institution.

The duration of social pension payments depends on the reason for its appointment

List of citizens entitled to social pension payments

This type of pension is intended for socially vulnerable categories of citizens. Based on the type of pension, the following categories of recipients of state material support can be distinguished:

disabled people of the first, second or third group;
children left without parents, orphans or disabled children;
citizens living in the Far North;
persons living in our country who have reached the required age, but are not entitled to receive other types of pensions.

Important! A general condition has been established for absolutely all categories of citizens: in order to receive a social pension payment, they should not have a pension under compulsory pension insurance (insurance pension).

To receive a social pension, a citizen must not have an insurance pension

Who is entitled to social pension?

As a general rule, only Russian citizens receive state funds to support elderly people who do not have work experience (or if it is insufficient).
In exceptional cases, benefits may be issued to foreigners or stateless persons (otherwise known as stateless persons). However, to do this, they must provide government authorities with evidence of their residence on Russian territory for 15 years or more. The size of payments is expected to continue to be regulated according to the level of the subsistence minimum, which is approved in the annual budget of the country. Regional amounts may be higher than federal amounts, taking into account local subsidies. The cost of living increases every year taking into account inflation rates.

Also, older people will be able to receive a larger social pension if they permanently live in settlements of the Far North or are disabled. If insurance payments from the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation are less than social benefits (for example, a person worked only 9 years and earned the minimum 13.8 points), then the citizen has the right to choose social insurance for himself. allowance.

Pension for disabled people of various groups

Based on Article 11 of Federal Law No. 166-FZ, the following can receive disability pension payments (social variety):

disabled people of the first, second or third group;
children with disabilities, etc.

It must be said that before registering a pension payment, authorized employees find out whether the citizen has the right to receive money for this reason. In other words, a disabled person will have to document his health deviations; to do this, he needs to show an extract from the medical examination report issued by the ITU.

Excerpt from Article 11 of Federal Law No. 166

Note! The social type of pension is issued only when a person with a disability has no insurance coverage at all. In other situations, even if the length of service is only one day, the disabled person will receive insurance pension payments (based on Article 9 of Law No. 400-FZ of December 28, 2013).

Who is entitled to the old age social pension?

Social old-age pension payment is a type of assistance from the state provided to unemployed citizens who can no longer work due to old age. In this case, a person should not have the right to an insurance pension. Most often, this state of affairs occurs if a citizen simply did not have time to accumulate the required number of years, or if there is no experience at all. It is worth noting that old-age social benefits are issued somewhat later than the insurance type.

So, who is entitled to a social old-age pension in Russia?

men living in the North, starting from 55 years old - if they live in this area on a permanent basis;
women living in the North, starting from 50 years old - again, if they live in that area on a permanent basis;
other men who do not receive an insurance pension, starting from the age of 70;
other women who do not receive an insurance pension, starting from the age of 65.

Excerpt from Article 11 of Federal Law No. 166

For people who do not live in the northern regions, the law provides for a special transition period. Before the end of the 18th year, it was possible to receive a social pension 5 years earlier. However, the permissible age is slowly starting to increase. For example, already in 2019, social pensions are issued for men from 66 years of age and women from 61 years of age (based on Appendix 1 to Law No. 166-FZ).

Foreign citizens have the right to receive a social type of pension payment if they have lived in Russia for at least 15 years and their age has reached that established by law.

Citizens who have been provided with the type of material support we are considering, we must not forget that the assistance will end at the moment they get an official job. There, management pays insurance premiums for their employees. This is provided for by the fifth paragraph of Article 11 of Law No. 166-FZ.

Excerpt from Article 11 of Federal Law No. 166

Who is entitled to the old-age social pension?

Applicants for this type of old-age benefit are citizens who have not worked out the required amount of service for certain reasons (for example, due to disability) and have reached the age limit required for retirement, namely 60 years (for women) and 65 years ( for men).

Payments are made to the following categories of citizens:

disabled people (groups 1, 2, 3);
pensioners who have reached the required age and have no experience.

Social pension for children

Based on the same Article 11, children can also receive a disability pension, as well as survivor benefits. A child has rights to obtain financial assistance due to loss of ability to work if he was born disabled or became disabled before reaching adulthood. Survivor benefits can be received by:

children who do not have both parents;
children who do not have one of their parents;
children of a deceased single mother.

Important! This type of pension payment is assigned exclusively to the children of the deceased. It is worth noting that it is issued when the deceased citizen had absolutely no insurance experience. In all other situations, an insurance pension is paid.

If the deceased parent had insurance experience, the child will be paid an insurance pension

Financial support for children who have lost one or two parents is provided in full, regardless of the number of dependents present in the family.

Law on Social Pensions

The main law that contains information about the social old-age pension is Federal Law-166. It indicates who and in what cases can claim payments upon reaching a certain age. This describes the mechanism for calculating and assigning payments to Pension Fund employees.

The issue of providing payments to the population is also considered by the following laws:

Constitution of the Russian Federation;
FZ-111;
FZ-167;
FZ-173.
Extract from Federal Law-166

Several types of social pension are proposed:

by old age;
on disability;
for the loss of a breadwinner.

At the same time, there are various additional benefits for certain categories of citizens. Thus, it is necessary to understand in more detail the question of how much you can receive in 2021 in the form of a social pension and how exactly it can be applied for.

Important. The main difference between a social pension and an insurance pension is the amount. At the same time, only persons who have reached retirement age and who have enough pension points to retire are entitled to insurance.

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If there is no right to receive an old-age insurance pension

The main condition under which such pension payments are issued is the loss of the ability to perform one’s work duties - that is, the moment of age 65 for men and 60 years for women. The following can receive an old-age pension:

people living in our country when they reach the required age;
foreigners who have lived in Russia for at least 15 years and have reached the age specified by law.

In addition to all that has been said, an old-age pension is not provided if a citizen is officially employed. After all, while performing work duties, a person is insured in the compulsory pension insurance system on the basis of the law “On Compulsory Pension Insurance in Russia.”

Foreign citizens have the right to a social pension if they have lived in Russia for more than 15 years

Retirement requirements

To retire, you must meet three criteria: the retirement age, the minimum insurance period, and pension points, or as they are correctly called individual pension coefficients (IPC).

So, to retire in 2021, you will need to gain at least 12 years of insurance experience and 21 pension points, and in 2025 you will need at least 15 years of insurance experience and 30 pension points.

Accordingly, if you do not reach these numbers, then you will not have the right to a regular (insurance) pension, and in such cases a social pension is assigned, which is due to disabled citizens permanently residing in the territory of the Russian Federation and not entitled to a “regular” pension .

There are several types of social pensions: old age, disability and survivors.

In this case, we are interested in the social old-age pension.

The social pension is assigned, firstly, to citizens belonging to the small peoples of the north and who have reached the age of 55 and 50 years - men and women, respectively, who permanently reside in the areas inhabited by the small peoples of the north on the day the pension is assigned.

Secondly, citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and even stateless persons who have been permanently residing in the Russian Federation for at least 15 years and have reached the appropriate age.

Pension for citizens living in the Far North

It is no secret that people living in the Far North are specially designated by law. This also applies to those who have no work experience. To receive a pension, such citizens must fulfill only two conditions.

Live permanently in the Far North.
Reach a certain age: for men it is 55 years old, and for women it is 50.

The peoples of the North include people who live in that area on a permanent basis, that is, who carry out activities in the areas of life of their own ancestors. They are characterized by special trades and crafts, a special way of life.

Residents of the Far North have special privileges when receiving pensions

Minimum pension payments in our country for 2019-2020

The amount of social pension for this and next year ranges from 4 to 12 thousand rubles, depending on the type of pension payments.

The social pension for non-working people in 2018 was assigned in the amounts indicated in the table below.

Sub-clause number	Category of citizens	Amount of pension in 18th year	The amount of pension in the 19th year
1	Citizens belonging to the peoples of the Far North, whose age is 50 or 55 years (women and men, respectively), people who have reached 70 and 65 years of age (men and women, respectively), disabled people of the second group (except for disabled children), minor children and adults, full-time students studying in educational institutions (until graduation or until the age of 23 if one of the parents has died)	5 thousand 34 rubles 25 kopecks	5 thousand 180 rubles 24 kopecks
2	Disabled children of the first group since childhood, disabled children	12 thousand 82 rubles 6 kopecks	12 thousand 432 rubles 44 kopecks
3	Disabled people of the first group, disabled children of the second group, minor children and older children receiving full-time education at an educational institution until they complete their studies or reach 23 years of age in the event of the loss of both parents (children of a deceased single mother)	10 thousand 68 rubles 53 kopecks	10 thousand 360 rubles 52 kopecks
4	Disabled people of the third group	4 thousand 279 rubles 14 kopecks	4 thousand 403 rubles 24 kopecks

In 2021, the pension amount has increased

The amount of pension payments is subject to indexation annually, based on the actual inflation level of the previous year. When the final amount of material resources does not reach the established subsistence level typical for a particular city, citizens may be assigned additional social plan payments.

The pension for people living in the Northern regions increases by the regional coefficient for the entire period of residence in this area. If a citizen leaves this place of residence, this coefficient is abolished.

The size of the social pension in 2020

Speaking about social payments, you need to have a clearer idea of the amounts due to beneficiaries. So, after indexation, from April 1, 2021, the amount of payments to old-age pensioners is 5,283.85 rubles . The same amount is received by disabled people of group II, as well as minors and full-time students who have lost their breadwinner.

Disabled people of group I and disabled children of group II, orphans and children who have lost their only breadwinner should receive a pension in the amount of 10,567.73 rubles . Disabled children and people with disabilities since childhood who are assigned group I will receive an allowance of 12,681.09 rubles . Group III disabled people are entitled to a payment of 4,491.30 rubles .

Payment processing procedure

To assign the type of pension we are considering, you need to visit the nearest branch of the Pension Fund.

List of required documentation

If you need a social pension payment, you will have to collect the following documents:

application for a pension;
a citizen's identity card, a document confirming his age and citizenship (often a passport or birth certificate for a child under 14 years of age);
paper confirming permanent residence in Russia (for example, in the case of foreigners, a residence permit is suitable);
documentation confirming the identity and powers of the citizen’s legal representative (if the person applies for a pension through an intermediary).

You need to collect a package of documents to apply for a social pension

If it is necessary to approve additional circumstances, based on the type of social pension payment, you need to attach:

for old age social pension - documentation confirming membership in the northern peoples (passport, birth certificate, certificate from local government);
for social benefits for the loss of a breadwinner - official documents confirming the fact:
death of the breadwinner;
family relations with the deceased person;
the child receives full-time education;
being dependent on a breadwinner;
death of the second parent;
the deceased’s belonging to the category of single mothers;
unknown disappearance or recognition of the breadwinner as dead.

The entire list of documentation is submitted at a convenient time - from the moment of receipt of the right to a certain type of pension payment. For this purpose, you need to visit the MFC or a local office of the Pension Fund of Russia (at your place of residence). It is worth saying that you can provide a package of documents either independently or with the help of a legal representative. By the way, there is a very convenient way to submit an application - just go to your personal account on the official PF portal.

You can contact the Pension Fund or MFC to apply for a pension

Additional payment to citizens with a minimum pension

State financial assistance is organized in such a way that if a citizen receives a pension less than the established minimum subsistence level, then he must be provided with additional funds to compensate for the difference between the actual pension payment received and the established subsistence level in the city. The same applies to the type of pension we are considering.

In addition, the amount of social pension for citizens living in regions with a certain regional coefficient increases by a given figure. This applies, for example, to residents of the Far North and so on.

By the way. An increase in the amount of a social pension may occur if the basis for its registration has changed. A typical example is a change in disability group from third to first, or the death of the second parent (if the first died earlier). In such situations, the payment amount increases approximately 2 times.

Citizens with a minimum pension are entitled to additional payments

There is another situation that does not fit into the typical framework. For example, a citizen could previously receive a disability pension, but then reached old age. Here, the amount of social pension should not be less than the amount of payments accrued up to this point.

Calculation of social old age pension

The amount of social benefits is determined by the state in the amount established by law based on the cost of living in the region, regardless of the size of the insurance pension. Indexation of benefits is based on rising prices and is carried out annually on April 1.

The following indicators are taken into account when calculating:

benefit amount;
amount of other material income;
the amount of the set of social services (NSS);
the amount of social support in monetary terms (payment for housing and communal services, etc.).

Social pension payment

It is known that a labor pension is compensation for permanent earnings, which can no longer be received due to reaching old age. The social pension is based on different rules. In fact, it is a social benefit accrued from the state budget in the amounts established by law. The framework in this case is very clear.

Social pensions for a citizen are abolished if he no longer has the status of disabled person. This happens when a person finds a job, loses his disability after another commission, and in other situations.

If a citizen was deprived of disability and got a job, he will lose his social pension

If circumstances have changed or inaccuracies are found in official papers, then the social pension ceases to be paid from the first day of the month following the establishment of new facts.

Deadlines for provision of pension payments

The pension payment is assigned from the first day of the month when the person applied for it and not earlier than the date this right arises. There are also exceptions:

if a social old-age pension has been issued to citizens aged 60 and 65 years who previously received a labor type of disability pension, the transfer of which was abolished due to reaching retirement age;
if a social type of material support was issued for a disabled person from childhood who has not reached the age of majority in the case of previously receiving a disability benefit assigned to disabled children, the accrual of funds was stopped due to the age of 18.

The old-age social pension is awarded until the end of life. For disabled people, support is provided for the period of time during which the disability is valid (it can also be indefinite). The survivor's benefit is issued for the entire period until the citizen gains the ability to perform work duties.

Social old-age pension is assigned until the end of life

Social pension

As mentioned earlier, a social pension is a cash payment that is paid by the state to low-income, needy citizens, as well as to those who are unable to work. It is also provided to the following types of citizens:

Upon reaching retirement age - or old age pension;
In case of loss of ability to work – disability, both acquired and congenital;
In the event of the loss of a family breadwinner who provided for the entire family.

It should also be noted that this type is paid to both citizens of the country and stateless persons. For the state, all people have equal rights.

Procedure for granting social security pension

Social pension is paid monthly. A citizen has the right to independently choose the institution that provides him with this money and decide on the path to receive a pension. It is worth noting that a trusted person can receive money for a pensioner - for this you need to issue a corresponding power of attorney.

To determine the method of providing a pension or changing it, you need to fill out an appropriate application and send it to the local PF office responsible for paying your pension.

Excerpt from Article 2 of Federal Law No. 166

There are several ways to deliver pension payments:

Bank - you can receive money at a bank cash desk or apply for a card on which your pension will be received.
Russian Post - you can receive money at the post office at the place of registration or ask for it to be delivered to your home. The day of receipt is determined by the mail schedule. If the pension is not received within six months, it is “frozen”, after which you will have to apply to the Pension Fund for a refund of payments.
With the help of organizations that deliver cash benefits, delivery can take place at home, or you can receive money yourself at the selected institution. Check the list of organizations with the Pension Fund.

You can receive your pension in different ways

How is the old age social pension calculated?

Transfers of financial assistance to pensioners who have reached the required age are carried out monthly.

Each applicant for social benefits in old age is given the opportunity to choose the method of receiving state payments:

Russian Post services

The post office closest to the place of residence or registration sets a date for each pensioner on which the citizen will receive a pension directly at the office itself or through the postman at home. Sometimes there are delays in payment due to various circumstances, but not exceeding the delivery period.

If a citizen has not received social benefits for six months, the pension will be suspended. You can resume transferring funds by submitting a corresponding petition to the Pension Fund or MFC.

Transfer to a bank account

The most common and convenient way is to credit financial assistance to the card without commission. For citizens who are afraid of speculation, it is possible to receive pension funds through the cash desk of a bank branch.

Transfer of funds to the account is carried out on the day of transfer by the Pension Fund. After receiving social benefits, withdrawals can be made at any time.

Specialized companies for the delivery of pension benefits

Payment of funds is carried out according to the same principles as mail - issuance both in the organization itself and at the pensioner’s home.

To select delivery or if you want to change the type, you must notify in any way convenient for the citizen:

apply to the Pension Fund of Russia;
Submit an application electronically through the State Services portal.

Reasons for the “freezing” and resumption of material support

Social benefits may be suspended for the following reasons:

failure to receive pension payments within six months;
failure of a disabled person to attend the commission approving his status as a disabled person;
going to work;
expiration of the validity period of documentation on the right of residence in the territory of the Russian Federation (for foreign citizens);
change of residence from Russia to another country.

Payment of pensions may be suspended under certain conditions

They may stop paying you an insurance pension for the following reasons:

death or recognition of a citizen as missing;
loss of the right to receive benefits;
lack of residence permit for foreigners;
expiration of a six-month period from the date of “freezing” the pension;
refusal to provide financial assistance.

Note ! The “freezing” and abolition of material support begins on the first day of the month following the month in which the above circumstances occur.

We must not forget that if a citizen receives social benefits, he is obliged to notify the Pension Fund if he has lost the right to receive this money. If he does not do this, then they will simply demand all funds paid for a certain period.

If social benefits should no longer be paid to a citizen, he is obliged to report this to the Pension Fund. If social benefits should no longer be paid to a citizen, he is obliged to report this to the Pension Fund.

April 2019 - implications for social benefits

In Russia they plan to increase social pensions by 2% from April 1st. Thus, the average figure will be 9 thousand 266 rubles. Somewhat earlier, the Ministry of Labor announced that approximately 7 billion rubles would need to be allocated for indexation.

This year, the increase in the amount of pension payments will affect about four million citizens of retirement age, and 3.2 of them are social pension holders.

From April 2021, pensions will be indexed

Let us note again that the social old-age pension is issued to citizens who do not have the work experience required by the state. This applies to men and women aged 65 and 60 who have not worked enough time. For working pensioners, the pension in 2019 will be indexed by 7% (by about a thousand rubles on average). But according to the law, such citizens cannot be paid more money than the subsistence level. Therefore, they are unlikely to see this thousand.

Conditions for appointment and amount of social old-age pension

The assignment of a social old-age pension is made to those citizens who do not have the right to an old-age insurance pension. In what cases does this happen? This is possible in cases where a citizen, by the time a pension is assigned, has not accumulated the minimum insurance period, that is, has not worked the legally established minimum number of years, and/or has not earned the minimum required number of pension points (the value of the individual pension coefficient earned by him is less than a certain value).

If a citizen plans to retire in 2021, but his insurance period is less than 12 years and/or his individual pension coefficient is less than 21, then he will not be assigned an insurance pension. These minimum values are set by the state and increase annually. In 2025, the minimum insurance period will be 15 years, and the minimum value of the individual pension coefficient will be 30. After which their growth will stop.

In particular, in 2022, the minimum insurance period for assigning an old-age insurance pension will be 13 years, and the individual pension coefficient will be 23.4.

It is important to know that the age requirements for granting a social old-age pension

are more stringent than for the assignment of
an insurance pension.
In 2028, a social pension can only be assigned upon reaching the age of 70 years (men) and 65 years (women). Until this year, the retirement age will gradually increase. Citizens who reached the age of 65 years (men) and 60 years (women) between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2020 have the right to receive a social old-age pension six months earlier.

This allows them to retire in the 2nd half of 2021 at the age of 66.5 years (men) and 61.5 years (women).

However, there are age exceptions when a pension can be assigned earlier. This is due to the areas where retirees live. Thus, an old-age social pension is issued to persons who have reached the age of 55 (men) and 50 years (women), who not only permanently reside in areas inhabited by small-numbered peoples on the day of assignment of the specified pension, but also belong to the small-numbered peoples of the North.

But if a representative of a small people of the North at the time of granting a pension lives, for example, in central Russia, then he does not have the right to receive a social old-age pension at the age indicated above.

A document confirming belonging to the small peoples of the North is a passport or birth certificate, which indicates the corresponding nationality. If this information is not contained in the documents, then it is confirmed by a certificate issued by the local government body.

A document confirming the fact of permanent residence in areas inhabited by indigenous peoples of the North is a passport or a document confirming registration at the place of residence.

Is the Ministry of Labor planning to abolish pensions for working citizens of retirement age?

The pension reform is surrounded by a lot of rumors about the abolition of pensions for working pensioners. For example, on October 31, 2018, a draft was published, based on which amendments will be made to some previously issued orders regarding the registration and provision of pensions. One of the points provides for a “freeze” of social benefits for a working citizen of retirement age.

In fact, this material support is not provided for this category of citizens anyway on the basis of Part 5 of Article 11 of Law No. 166-FZ of December 15, 2001. That is, the draft published by the Ministry is intended only to make some technical adjustments to those acts that already exist. There are no plans to introduce any side amendments affecting this segment of the population.

If a citizen works, he is not entitled to old-age social benefits

Results

Social pension is an important nuance in the life of a pensioner who has not accumulated the minimum length of service during his life. This material support is also very important for other categories of citizens.

The law provides the following:

Social pension is issued for old age, when a person cannot receive a type of labor payment, is disabled or has lost his breadwinner.
The amount of pension payment is regulated by the state. Funds are allocated from the state budget. The pension is also regularly indexed. If it is less than the subsistence level, the citizen is provided with compensation.
To apply for a pension, you need to contact the MFC or Pension Fund.

To summarize, we can say that material support from the state social plan is provided to people who do not have the right to an insurance pension. Consequently, the rules for registering this type of pension are slightly different from those that apply to insurance financial assistance.

What is Social Old Age Pension?

For unemployed or able-bodied citizens, but with insufficient insurance coverage, the state provides monthly monetary support for pensions in the form of social benefits. Unlike an insurance pension, funds are transferred not from employer contributions, but from the state budget.