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The death benefit will decrease in 2021, according to a government document.
The decrease in the value of the death benefit appears in the draft bill of the state budget for social security for 2021, a regulatory act put to public debate and to be approved by the Government, after which it will be sent to Parliament.
According to the project, article 16 establishes: “The amount of the death benefit is established, in accordance with the law, in the case of: a) the insured or the pensioner, at 5,380 lei; b) to a relative of the insured or pensioner, at 2,690 lei ”.
Currently, according to the National House of Public Pensions, the death benefit is 5,429 lei for insured persons / pensioners and 2,715 lei for their relatives.
Therefore, the death benefit is reduced by 49 lei, respectively by 25 lei.
The explanation is that the average gross income used to base the state social security budget for 2021 decreases from 5,429 lei to 5,380 lei, and the value of the death benefit is calculated according to this indicator.
However, the pension law stipulates that the amount of the death benefit “is established annually by the state social security budget law and cannot be less than the amount of average gross income used to base the insurance budget. state social “, so that the Government can maintain death at the current amount.
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