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However, in reality, people will get the money, probably later, because “Sodra” will have to process a lot of requests.
Starting next year, the benefit would be € 32 and would be paid to all single elderly people and people with disabilities, whether they are widows, divorced or have never started a family.
This means that, as before, widows would receive a widow’s pension and, for example, those who divorced or did not form a family would receive the same benefit.
“Poverty still affects a large number of elderly and disabled people today, Lithuanian households, which are made up of a single person aged 65 or over, have a risk-of-poverty rate twice as high as older households. large and today they reach 47%, “said Social Security and the Minister of Labor, Monika Navickienė.
“This year, they would receive an individual allowance of 28 euros, the same amount that widows now receive. Starting next year, all lonely older adults and the disabled will receive the benefit,” said M. Navickienė.
He recalled that currently the average widow’s pension is 28.63 euros, he receives about 210 thousand. widowed pensioners.
“As of 2022, more than 400 thousand people will already receive a benefit per single person or a widow’s pension amounting to 32 euros. people, ”said the minister.
According to her, the single person benefit in 2024 will be decided in the fall of 2023.
The small pension supplement for single people will not be reduced due to the additional benefit, the minister said.
“With this measure, comparing 2019 and 2024, our goal is to reduce the at-risk-of-poverty rate by 7.4 percent. If we register today that there is 47 percent,” says M. Navickienė.
Julita Varanauskienė, director of Sodra, said that people who apply for the benefit will have to submit applications to Sodra, but if the law went into effect on July 1, the benefits would still have to wait.
“Really, that money should get to the people, there is a set deadline, no later than the first wave of those decisions, for November 30. And applications submitted later will be reviewed later. We understand that these are big. challenges to process a large number of applications, “said J. Varanauskienė.
The new center-right government last year promised to replace widow’s pensions with singles pensions. Then Ms Navickienė said that the benefit of up to 30 euros can be paid from July 2021.
This year, the proposed new benefits would require 15 million euros. 106 million euros in 2022 and 2023 respectively. euros. The increase in widow’s pensions in 2022 and 2023 will require an additional 3 million. euros.
