Social payments: types and sizes

In Russia there are many categories of citizens who need material support. Especially for them, there are different social payments. The types of these state benefits depend on the group that the person represents. Such payments are carried out at the expense of the federal budget of the country.

How are benefits allocated?

Some social payments are designed to replace the earnings of persons who they lost for valid reasons. And others are the material support of different groups of the population. The first category includes allowances for temporary incapacity, unemployment, etc., and to the second category - one-time social payments, the types of which depend on the intended purpose. In particular, this concerns benefits for the upbringing of children.

Main classification

There are different types of social benefits that are provided for Russian citizens. Depending on the purpose and category of persons. They are one-time and regular.

Monthly social payments, the types of which depend on the recipients, look like this:

• Pensions;
• Labor and social benefits;
• Family facilities;
• Regional benefits.

And if we talk about lump-sum social payments, their types are mainly aimed at supporting certain categories, in particular, for young families and university graduates:

• maternal capital;
• Payments for pregnant women and the birth of a child;
• Social benefits for professionals;
• Regional programs and much more.

And this is not a complete list of social charges.

Pension

This type of social assistance is made by the state through special bodies, the funds in this case are allocated from a fund intended specifically for these payments.

Pensions in our country are received by disabled citizens and their guardians, as well as older people. The amount of payments depends on what kind of salary they received during the performance of their work. Therefore, for different people they are charged in different ways.

The types and sizes of social benefits, pensions in particular, depend not only on the earnings of citizens, but also on the type of activity. So, the former military or employees of internal bodies can calculate on those or other bonuses to the basic grants.

As for the size, the average insurance pension in Russia is about 13 thousand rubles, and if it was appointed for state support, then 8.5 thousand, respectively.

Labor and social benefits

The first type of payments is assigned to citizens who are in the relationship with the enterprise and for certain reasons lost their ability to work for a while. Benefits of this type are financed by insurance companies. The amount of payments depends on the earnings of a citizen. This includes allowances for pregnant women and young mothers from enterprises, in addition to lump sum and other income.

Also, social payments are provided for, their types and sizes depend on the category of the recipient, but they are not related to the labor activity of the recipient. It may not work at all, but they can be obtained. All kinds of social compensation payments of this kind are aimed at providing material support. Their sizes are fixed. For example, the monthly allowance for the care of the first child up to a year and a half in 2016 is just over 2,700 rubles, and for the second - about 5400, respectively.

Social benefits are financed by state funds. They are appointed to disabled and unemployed citizens who can not rely on labor pensions and other types of security. In addition to young mothers, they are given invalids and incompetent citizens of different ages.

Family benefits

These types of social benefits are intended for the material support of those families who bear additional costs, in connection with the upbringing of children and other cases. They can be appointed as additional help, regardless of other people's incomes. The amount is set according to the minimum wage. These allowances include pensions for the provision of children with disabilities, payments for single mothers, low-income and large families.

Benefits and natural types of assistance

Along with payments, there are other social programs for those who need them. These include benefits and subsistence benefits.

The first category is when the state partly or wholly pays for public services, transport, medicine, study and vouchers for children's camps or sanatoriums for older people.

A natural support means the transfer of property or temporary use of certain material values. For example, people with disabilities can get vehicles or other products that provide comfort.

Different types of social payments are agreed at both the federal and regional levels.

Help for the unemployed

According to the relevant Federal Law, persons who for one reason or another are deprived of working activity, but at the same time are legally capable, can rely on such material compensation as:

• unemployment benefit;
• Scholarship payments for vocational training, advanced training or retraining courses;
• Payment for public works;
• Reimbursement of costs when moving to a new place, in connection with employment at the suggestion of the employment center.

The unemployment benefit is paid in the amount of 60 to 100 percent of the earned income, depending on the length of employment of the citizen. However, it can not exceed the amount per month, which is regulated at the legislative level.

Innovations - 2016

This year the government of the Russian Federation and the State Duma adopted decisions that are aimed at saving federal and regional budgets and they relate directly to social security.

According to them, the circle of recipients of benefits and benefits has significantly narrowed, it is formed, based on the principles of the need for a particular group. It was also decided not to index the social payments, which was held regularly before this at the beginning of each year. Left only a rise in the value of actual inflation - 2015, it has been in force since February.

Child Benefit

These payments, as mentioned earlier, are monthly and one-time.

As of this year, one-time financial assistance for a newborn is slightly less than 15 thousand rubles. If the kids are two or three, the amount is multiplied by the number of children.

To receive payment, the mother must contact the place of work, and if she did not have it, then to the social protection body.

A similar amount is received from the state and foster parents, who take care of an adoptive child. It is much higher if several children are taken into care, they are related to each other by relatives, or babies with one or other deviations.

In addition to a lump sum, parents receive benefits, until the child turns 1.5 years old. When re-replenishment the family receives a certificate for maternity capital, worth 450 thousand rubles. It can be invested in real estate, training or funded pension.

Types of state social payments in Russia are quite diverse, it all depends on the financial situation of citizens, the category (pensioner, invalid, young mother, etc.), as well as the region of residence.