“Oksana Zholnovich reminded that the largest payments are used by restrictive coefficients.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
Oksana Zholnovich reminded that the largest payments are used by restrictive coefficients.
Zholnovich noted that the restriction of the largest pensions allowed to reduce PFU load by almost 120 million hryvnias/ photos of UNIANIn Ukraine, since January, restrictions on too high pensions have been introduced. In particular, the restrictive coefficients were applied to part of payments exceeding UAH 23 610.
“This decision applies only to very large pensions and does not affect the insurance part that a person has made with their contributions. It is important: these restrictions do not apply to the military who participated in the fighting and the pensions of families of fallen defenders,” – said the Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovich in an interview with the publication.
According to her, this decision was made to make the system fairer and reduce the gap between pensions assigned under special laws and general rules.
“Already in January, it has made it possible to reduce the burden on the Pension Fund by almost 120 million hryvnias, and in a year we will get a resource of more than one billion hryvnias. These funds will go to fulfill obligations to all pensioners,” the official said.
At the same time, she indicated that now the largest pension in Ukraine is 51 042 hryvnia.
Pensions in Ukraine – some pensioners were limited to paymentsThe Ministry of Social Policy reported the restriction of the greatest pensions in 2025. In total, more than 17,000 pensioners will be restricted.
It was about payments that can today be 60, 80 or even 100 thousand ridges and above. At the same time, restrictions do not apply to the pensions of people who are at war today or participated in the protection of the Motherland from aggression of the Russian Federation, since 2014.
According to the Openatable, after the indexation of payments in March, the average pension in Ukraine is 6 341 hryvnia. However, every third pensioner now receives 3,340 UAH of pension.
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