What is a social pension?

A good secured life attracts everyone. However, fate does not always bring joyful "surprises", and people are forced to seek help from the state in order to simply not remain without means of subsistence.

For the purpose of social security, Russian citizens are provided with pensions. A pension is a monetary payment that is granted to citizens every month for compensation purposes.

Everyone understands that when a person goes on a well-deserved rest, he gets a labor pension (though not always deserved). But there is another kind of pensions that provide social protection for some categories of citizens.

What is a social pension ? This is a guaranteed payment to those unable to receive a labor pension. The right to social pension has disabled citizens of several categories.

What is a social disability pension?

This type of pension provision for disabled I, II and III group, who do not have any insurance experience or the length of insurance is minimal. The same right has invalids since childhood and children with disabilities. A social disability pension can be received even by a person who has received a disability because of an intentionally committed criminal act or deliberately inflicted harm on one's own health.

What is the social pension for old age? It can be received by disabled citizens, men and women who have reached the age of 65 and 60 respectively. For citizens of small peoples of the North, this age is reduced to 55 and 50 years. Payments are terminated for the period of employment or performance of public works, if in this case mandatory pension insurance was implemented .

What is a social survivor's pension? The beneficiaries are minor children who have been left without one (both) parents. Social benefits continue when they reach 18 years of age, if they are enrolled in full-time education in any educational institution (with the exception of additional institutions). When the orphans are 23 years old, the social pension for the loss of a bread-winner is canceled. To this category belong the children of the deceased single mother.

The state social pension is calculated in accordance with the Federal Law of December 15, 2001 №166-FZ "On state pension provision in the Russian Federation". In the edition of the federal law of 28.03.2011 the following sizes of social pensions are established:

A) 2,562 rubles per month have the right to receive:

- disabled men and women aged 65 and 60 years

- citizens of small peoples of the North on reaching 55 and 50 years

- Minor children and students in full-time form up to 23 years, who lost one parent;

B) 5,124 rubles per month:

- disabled group I,

- invalids from childhood of the first and second group,

- disabled children

- Under-age children and students in full-time form before the age of 23, who lost both parents (children of a single deceased mother)

C) 2 177 rubles 70 kopecks per month

- Group III invalids

It should be noted that the social pension is calculated taking into account the regional coefficients that are set for wages in certain regions and localities. When citizens move, allowances to pensions are not paid.

In order to receive social pension provision, it is necessary to provide documents confirming belonging to certain categories of citizens:

A) for the elderly:

- a document confirming belonging to the small peoples of the North;

- passport;

- a document confirming residence in the territory of the Russian Federation

B) for minor children:

- document of the death of the breadwinner;

- documents confirming that the deceased mother was lonely;

- documents on the death of parents;

C) for the disabled:

- documents proving the fact of disability or disability

In some cases, other documents may be required in order to confirm the relationship, to verify the actual place of residence, etc.