The number of people who are retired is growing.
The proportion of elderly (women after 55, men after 60 years) reached 25 percent (36 million people), and by 2025 will be 28 percent (40 million people) of the population of Russia, according to Rosstat.
At the same time, the number of officially working citizens in Russia amounted to 71.8 million people (65.2% of able-bodied people).
That is, one pensioner has two employees.
According to the government, this is the reason for the small amount of pensions.
To increase the size of pensions, the government found as many as 2 (two!) Ways.
These ways are old as the world.
"If you do not make any changes - do not raise taxes or raise the retirement age - very seriously improve the level of pensions, the quality of health care and the quality of social services will be difficult," - said the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin.
1. Tax increases will most likely occur in 2019.
2. "Starting from 2020, the pension reform is expected to start, which includes a gradual (six-yearly) increase in the retirement age," Vnesheconombank (VEB) experts predict.
It remains a little - we must wait for the results.
