FSD or RSD

The federal social supplement is paid by the territorial bodies of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and is established if the total amount of cash payments to a non-working pensioner does not reach the pensioner’s subsistence level established in the region of residence, which, in turn, does not reach the pensioner’s subsistence level in the whole of the Russian Federation.

That is, FSD is paid when the regional PMP is lower than the federal one (living in the region is cheaper than the average in Russia).

A regional social supplement is paid by regional social protection authorities if the cost of living of a pensioner in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation is higher than the same figure in the Russian Federation, and the total amount of cash payments to a non-working pensioner is lower than the regional subsistence minimum.

That is, RSD is paid when the regional PMP is higher than the federal one (living in the region is more expensive than the average in Russia).

Additional payment up to the subsistence level for pensioners in 2021

The regional social supplement to pension (RSD) is assigned only to non-working citizens whose financial support is below the subsistence level of a pensioner in a particular region (the table is presented above). Supplements are not assigned automatically—to do this, you need to contact social security and submit an application.

• If a pensioner is already receiving RSD, there is no need to reapply - payments will continue in 2021. If the PMP in the region has changed, then the amount of payment will be recalculated automatically.
• If a citizen has not received such an additional payment, and his provision is lower than the values ​​​​indicated in the table, he needs to contact social security and write a statement. In particular, this applies to residents of those 15 regions in which, from January 1, 2021, instead of federal surcharges (FSD), regional ones are introduced.

To receive RSD as early as January 1, 2021, you must submit an application before the end of 2021. If this is not done or done later, then the additional payment will be assigned only from the 1st day of the month following the submission of the application.

For example, if you apply to social security in January, the RSD will be assigned only from February 1. Accordingly, the January pension will be received without a supplement, that is, less than the subsistence minimum.

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When submitting an application you must have with you:

• passport or other identification document;
• a document confirming information about the applicant’s place of residence;
• pension certificate or other document confirming the fact of assignment of a pension;
• work book indicating the date of dismissal from work.

D = VPM –OMP,

• D – additional payment;
• VLM – the cost of living in the region;
• GMO – general financial situation.

A citizen’s material security consists of several indicators:

• the amount of pension benefits;
• other additional social income;
• monthly payments, including a set of social benefits. services.

Based on how the PMP indicator in a particular federal subject of the country compares with the federal PMP standard established in 2021, a social subsidy can be determined for an elderly person. It may be local, regional or federal in nature. Let us remind you that in 2021 the level of PMP, regulated by regulatory documents, will be 9,311 rubles.

The difference between the federal and regional allowance can be clearly seen from the table below.

A pensioner’s right to receive a subsidy will be lost if he becomes officially employed or moves outside the state on a permanent basis. A person is obliged to notify the pension department and the social security service about these factors in order to recalculate or completely cancel the surcharge.

How is income calculated?

When calculating the total amount of material support for a non-working pensioner, the amounts of the following cash payments are taken into account:

• pensions, including in the event of a pensioner’s refusal to receive said pensions;
• urgent pension payment;
• additional material (social) support;
• monthly cash payment (including the cost of a set of social services);
• other social support measures established by the legislation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in monetary terms (with the exception of social support measures provided at a time).

In addition, when calculating the total amount of material support for a pensioner, the cash equivalents of the social support measures provided to him for paying for the use of a telephone, residential premises and utilities, travel on all types of passenger transport, as well as monetary compensation for the costs of paying for these services are taken into account.

Social supplement up to the subsistence level

Not everyone has the opportunity to apply for social subsidies. The main requirement is the absence of other sources of income. The person does not have to work officially. In addition, you must:

• compliance with the age limits stated in regulatory documents giving the right to assign old-age payments;
• the total amount of all charges is less than the PMP;
• availability of a certificate confirming the fact of a person’s pension insurance.

An integral part of the financial security of an elderly person, in addition to pension payments accrued to him regularly from the Pension Fund or social services for the protection of the population, are other types of payments. Material support is:

• any type of pension – social, insurance, labor, state;
• regular payment – ​​EDV. It has a fixed value and includes a package of social services, some of which, at the request of the person, can be converted into ruble equivalent;
• additional cash security - DEMO;
• other options for social subsidies, appointed by regional executive authorities and paid to citizens from local sources of funding. This includes payment for housing and communal services, travel on municipal public transport, as well as other benefits and preferences that a person may qualify for by law.

Sometimes the total financial security of a pensioner does not correspond to the stated minimum. How to be in this case?

SDP – special pension subsidy;

PMP – the minimum subsistence level established in the region at a specific point in time;

MOS is the amount of a person’s material support.

If the MOP is lower than the PMP established in the subject of the federation where the pensioner is registered and permanently resides, then he will be credited with a social pension payment - SDP. The intended purpose of the subsidy is to bring the income level of the recipient of payments to the minimum regional indicator.

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Indexing

From January 1, 2021, old-age insurance pensions have been indexed by 6.6%.

Previously, the process of assigning a social supplement went like this: the pension was indexed. and if she did not reach the PMP, they gave an additional payment.

The rules have changed since 2021. Now they first calculate the additional payment (before indexation), and then index the pension and add the calculated additional payment to it. That is, now the minimum pension will always exceed the PMP. How much depends on the size of the pension.

In this article we will not dwell in detail on the issue of the new surcharge system. We will talk about this in detail in the next article.

How much pay

We have prepared for you a table that shows the cost of living of a pensioner for 2021, as well as (for comparison) its level last year and the year before.

From the table you will see how much the cost of living of a pensioner in your region has increased over 1 year (from 2021 to 2020) and over 2 years (from 2018 to 2020).

in your region for 1 year (from 2021 to 2020) and for 2 years (from 2021 to 2020).