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The amendment to the State Pensions Act was registered in the Seimas by “social worker” Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė and “peasant” Jonas Jarutis.
If the Seimas approves the change of governors, the state pensions of officers and soldiers, judges, victims, first and second degree and scientists would be indexed.
Based on initial calculations by the initiators of the amendment, indexing these people’s state pensions will require 2.8 million LTL next year. additional funds, in 2022 – 5.5 million. 20 million euros in 2023. euros
Participants in the resistance to the occupation: military volunteers, participants in the resistance to the occupation: participants in naval battles, former senior state officials (prime ministers, presidents of Seimas, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court), winners of the National Prize for Lithuanian Cultural Art, Olympic and Paralympic Games. deaf game champions.
Participants in resistance to occupations (participants in naval battles, grandparents, honorary donors, winners of the Olympic, Paralympic and Deaf Games and world sports champions included in the Paralympic or Deaf Games program) are eligible for the state pension of second grade.
According to R. Šalaševičiūtė, the indexation of state pensions is necessary because they have not increased since 2008.
“We index all old-age pensions according to seniority, and especially for those who are still working but receive state pensions, some also receive old-age pensions, so their pensions are high, but there are people who receive very low pensions, this group of people, like scientists, statutory officials, feel disadvantaged. And not without reason, “the MP told BNS.
According to her, this issue was discussed with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and the Minister of Social Security and Labor, Linas Kukuraitis.
Conservative member Gintarė Skaistė, a member of the Seimas Budget and Finance Committee, says state pensions should be indexed because they depreciate every year.
“It just came to our attention then. They depreciate over time. To maintain stable purchasing power, it may be wise to index,” G. Skaistė told BNS.
However, she also missed the “bigger picture”.
“There is also a state promise regarding single-person pensions, which S. Skvernelis promised: instead of widow’s pensions, promises were made to make pensions for a single person, but he no longer sees the need to keep the promise, “said G. Skaistė.
There is currently no mechanism to maintain the value of state pensions other than the state pension from the president’s spouse, so, according to the initiators of the amendment, the purchasing power of these pensions is decreasing as economic conditions change. .
The Ministry of Social Security and Labor reported that in 2019, around 97.7 thousand people received state pensions. people (including widows and orphans), around LTL 139.4 million were used to pay these pensions last year. euros
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