It has been calculated how much the increase in pensions will amount from January

Retirees came to collect 100 euros from the state, Photo: Hello! / D. Brisa

Finance Minister Sinisa Mali today announced an increase in pensions from January 1 of next year of 5.9 percent, according to the Swiss formula, an increase in the minimum wage by 6.6 percent, as well as higher salaries in the public sector.

Mali told RTS that as of January 1, the five percent salary increase will be awarded to medical workers, while other public sector employees will receive 3.5 percent, and the other 1.5 percent increase will be given to them. as of April 1.

Mali confirmed that soldiers will also receive an additional increase of up to ten percent.

The Minister said that the budget for next year, which is on the Serbian Parliament’s agenda as of tomorrow, also includes allocations for public capital investment of 330 billion dinars, because, as he says, it has been shown that when The state invests in roads, railways, industries, parks, bridges, and fostering private investment.

“So all these public investments also encourage private investments. On the one hand, the new roads promote economic growth, people are employed, and on the other hand, they encourage private investors. That’s why we have more than 330 billion dinars. reserved for equity investments next year. ” Mali said.

According to Mali, the list of these investments includes the construction of the Moravian corridor, the Preljina-Požega highway.

It points out that the total state assistance to the economy and citizens since the beginning of the crisis caused by the Kovid 19 pandemic will amount to more than 700 billion dinars, that is, more than six billion euros.

“We put aside about 12.7 percent of our gross domestic product to help our economy, we managed to save it. We are looking at the budget for 2021 within that,” explained the Minister of Finance.

He also said that public debt did not exceed the limit of 60% of GDP in the budget for this or next year.