Russian Ministry of labor proposed to increase the size of the subsistence minimum for the first quarter of 2020 2.2% from 10,609 thousand to 10,843 thousand rubles, follows from the draft order of the Ministry.
For the working population is proposed to increase the minimum wage to 11,731 thousand rubles., pensioners – 8,944 thousand rubles., children – 10,721 thousand rubles.
the minimum subsistence level for the fourth quarter of 2019 per capita was $ 10,609 thousand rubles, for able — bodied population- 11,510 thousand rubles., pensioners — 8,788 thousand rubles., children — 10,383 thousand rubles.
a living wage – the minimum income for pervoocherednih needs for one person, is calculated based on the consumer basket. The indicator used to estimate the size of social support of the population and depends on seasonality.
the subsistence minimum decreased in the fourth quarter of 2019 relative to III-mu 3.7% per capita. Dropped from a reduction in the cost of food used in the calculation, the price of potatoes and vegetables, which occupy a considerable part of the food basket the consumer basket. According to the Ministry, the reduction of the subsistence allowance due to the seasonal decline in prices of potatoes and fruit and vegetable products in the fourth quarter was also observed in previous years, in 2015 — 2.3%, in 2016 — 2%, in 2017 — by 5.2%, in 2018 — by 2.3%.
