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“State support, as planned, will reach the elderly, the disabled and the beneficiaries of social assistance pensions.
It is important to emphasize that pensioners do not need to apply for Sodra or write applications for a lump sum payment of 200 euros. All residents who are entitled to a lump sum will receive it before the end of the month along with the usual benefits or a separate payment, “says Violeta Latvienė, Deputy Director of Sodra.
The lump sum will be paid (delivered) in the same way as the pension. For example, if the pension is delivered to your home, the lump sum will also be delivered to your home.
Who will receive a lump sum payment of € 200?
Lump sum benefits will be paid to all recipients of a Social Security Old Age Pension, Early Old Age Pension, or Disabled Old Age Pension. Beneficiaries of disability pensions will also benefit. Beneficiaries will also include those who receive widows and orphans and survivors pensions.
A lump sum of € 200 will also go to the beneficiaries of a retirement pension or compensation for special working conditions. People who receive various types of social assistance pensions and social assistance compensation and social pensions will also receive money. People who receive multiple pensions receive a lump sum of € 200.
Here you can find a list of the types of pensions for which beneficiaries will be paid a lump sum.
When will benefits be paid?
According to Sodra, most beneficiaries entitled to a one-time payment of 200 euros will reach the money at the end of August.
Only for those residents who start receiving pensions or other social security benefits in September-December, the lump sum benefit will be paid in the same month, but no later than December of this year. The one-time benefits of € 200 will be available to those who already receive a pension and those who have not yet received a pension and start paying it by the end of 2020.
In August – compensation
The report indicates that in August compensation will also be paid for social security, state and other pensions, compensation and annuities reduced during the crisis, which have so far not been reimbursed. Residents will receive 10 percent. lump sums equal to the portion of the pension lost.
The compensatory amount will be paid without a separate request.
Only first and second degree state pensions, officers and soldiers, scientists, victims, as well as social security widows and orphans pensions, survivors pensions and retirement pensions will be partially reimbursed.
Part of the funds lost during the crisis will also be recovered by those who receive compensation for special working conditions, compensation payments to former creative theater and concert hall workers, welfare compensation and athlete rentals.
Other reduced pensions have already been reimbursed in previous years.
Sodra should only be applied for if the person entitled to compensation for the unpaid portion of the pension during the difficult period does not currently receive any Sodra pension or pension benefits. Request through a personal account www.sodra.lt/investor or at the Sodra branch it can be presented until October 31 of this year, and the compensation will be paid at the end of December of this year.
If a person entitled to compensation died after the entry into force of the law, i. after 2020 On January 1, the benefit will be paid to the heirs. They must submit an application and a certificate of inheritance before 2020. end of October.
$ 10 million is provided for partial compensation of benefits. euros
The pension increase is paid from January
The average old-age pension with the required duration of service in Lithuania currently stands at 399 euros.
According to Sodra, due to the indexation established by law, the average old-age pension increased by 8.11 percent this year. At the end of last year, at the proposal of the President, the Seimas adopted an additional decision: 1.83 percent. – Increase the amount of the basic pension. As a result, pensions increased by an average of around € 3.5.
Although the law provided for the payment of the additional part of the basic pension in July, Sodra recalculated the additional increase in pensions and began paying the increased part of the pensions as early as January. This means that all social security pensions, the amount of which is determined by the amount of the basic pension, have increased further since the beginning of this year.
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