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“What we see in the economic development scenario this spring, according to Sodra’s very preliminary calculations, if the growth assumptions of that economy remained the same, the main index of indexation of pensions next year would be 7.5 percent. and in 2023 – 6.7 percent “, announced on Friday I. Buškutė, Head of the Ministry’s Pensions Division in the Budget and Finance Committee of the Seimas.
“As autumn approaches, those figures will take a more concrete form,” he added in response to a question from Algirdas Butkevičius, a member of the Joint Group of Seimas members, about plans to increase pensions.
“The period of the pandemic has further enriched the richest, and those living at risk of poverty can increase that poverty,” he said.
In mid-May, the Minister of Social Security and Labor, Monika Navickienė, also promised that next year all pensions will grow more than what is foreseen by law.
Sodra announced in March that this year pensions had increased by an average of 9.58 percent: with the required seniority – 41 euros to 440 euros, and the average pension – 38 euros to 415 euros.
As of January this year, there were more than one million pension recipients in Lithuania, including 614 thousand. elderly retirees.
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