“Pensions will be indexed in March 2025 to the level of inflation.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Pensions will be indexed in March 2025 to the level of inflation.
The President noted that in 2025, the expansion of many state business and consumer support programs is foreseen / UNIAN collage, UNIAN photoThe state has money for the payment of salaries and pensions, as well as for the indexation of pensions in March 2025. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyi during the presentation of the Sustainability Plan in the Verkhovna Rada.“Regardless of political turbulence anywhere in the world, all salaries and pensions in Ukraine will be paid according to the law. We have money for this, we have a winter support package for people. In March 2025, as every year, pensions will be indexed to the level inflation,” he said.
According to the president, the expansion of many state business and consumer support programs is also foreseen next year. Zelensky noted that the “5-7-9” program last year became the only source of available loans for businesses, and this year the government began to reorient it towards investment goals.
“Over a thousand Ukrainian manufacturers bought new equipment thanks to the grant program to support the processing industry. The programs “Made in Ukraine” and “National Cashback” support the Ukrainian manufacturer and culture, paying attention to production specifically in Ukraine. The “eOselya” program helps Ukrainians to become owners of their own home. but also stimulates the demand for construction materials and works,” added Zelenskyi.
Pensions in Ukraine – the latest newsAs UNIAN wrote, pensions in Ukraine will be indexed in March 2025. Such a step should partially offset the rise in consumer prices. According to Mykhailo Tsimbalyuk, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans’ Rights, almost 5 million pensioners in Ukraine will receive only 2,300 hryvnias of the minimum pension.
Lydia Tkachenko, a senior researcher at the Institute of Demography and Social Research, said that there are about 10 million pensioners in Ukraine, and although the average pension in Ukraine is only about UAH 5,000, pension expenditures remain one of the largest among other social expenditures. According to her, starting next year, Ukraine plans to introduce a pension reform, which provides for both a mandatory cumulative and a point-based pension system.
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