57% increase in pensions on the government’s agenda – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Explaining the details of the cabinet decision on how to increase the salaries of social security retirees, Hojjatullah Abdolmaleki was quoted as saying: “The good news is that for about 70% of social security retirees, we have a growth of more than 57%.” In other words, if a person received a salary of 3 million and seven hundred thousand Tomans, between five and a half million to six million Tomans will increase based on the number of their families, and for other levels up to a minimum salary of 10 million Tomans, 10% plus We will increase by 600,000 Tomans and in total it will increase by more than 20%, and because this number is constantly accumulated by 650,000 Tomans by 10%, it will go down gradually.
The Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare added: “The purchasing power of 70% of minimum wage workers has increased more than the inflation rate after 23 years.”
He continued: “People who receive a salary of 10 million tomans will have a 10% salary increase, which is in line with the increase we had in other pension and social security funds.”
“We in the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare and the Social Security Organization, which is a subset of this ministry, have planned to provide livelihood assistance in the form of support packages for retirees, as Mr. President told his first vice president,” he said. They ordered us to hold meetings to determine welfare packages, the first meeting of which was held today at 18:30.
Abdul Maleki reminded: this decision of the cabinet will be implemented with power and the board of trustees of social security will approve and announce the welfare and other issues that can be considered for the improvement of the living conditions of the retirees, according to the decision taken by the government.
In response to whether this increase in pensions was commensurate with this year’s inflation rate, he added: “The main community covered by social security has increased salaries more than the inflation rate, while 70% of the pensioners of this organization are the minimum wage earners.” Their salaries will increase by 57%, which is 16% higher than the inflation rate. Also, according to the decision of the Supreme Labor Council, which was for the minimum wage earners of the working community, 57.4% was considered to grow with the cooperation of the employers ‘community and workers’ representatives. Is.
Plan to receive all social security claims from the government
Regarding the government’s debt to the Social Security Organization, Abdolmaleki said: “The Social Security Organization has a large claim on the government and the auditing organization is specifically calculating this amount because the estimates are different and result from the accumulation of ten-year claims, while the government is determined.” It is determined to pay these debts over time, and this year the parliament has set 90,000 billion tomans for this sector in the 1401 budget, which the government considers itself obliged to pay, so we hope that after determining these claims accurately in a Scheduled to be able to receive all claims.
Regarding the share of the Welfare Bank, the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare added: “They had round trips with the Central Bank in this regard, but in the current situation, I do not have exact information in this regard.”