Earlier, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that for the implementation of the president’s message an additional 4.5 trillion rubles would be required until 2024. The Prime Minister instructed to prepare by February 11 amendments to the law on the federal budget for 2020–2022 and the law on the budget of the Pension Fund of Russia.
According to the interlocutor of the publication, this year funds in the amount of 450 billion rubles will be collected from unused balances of previous years held by the Treasury, as well as money from the Government Reserve Fund.
According to a source, there are 2 trillion rubles in the budget for the remaining four years and the same amount is missing. The main source of funds is likely to be the abolition of part of tax benefits, says a federal official familiar with the calculations of the Ministry of Finance.
The total projected amount of benefits for 2020 is almost 4.1 trillion rubles.
It is also possible to tighten the policy in relation to the payment of dividends by state-owned companies and improve the collection of taxes, in particular personal income tax.
On January 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with representatives of the public in the Lipetsk Region that time should not be stretched when implementing a message to the Federal Assembly. According to him, it should not be rubber.
Putin delivered a message to the Federal Assembly on January 15, presenting a number of important initiatives, including social support measures, including preserving until the end of 2026 and increasing the amount of maternal capital. The President proposed to issue maternity capital already at the birth of the first-born, increasing it to 466 thousand 617 rubles, and for the second child to increase to 616 thousand 617 rubles. He also proposed to extend monthly payments for children up to 7 years. The President also called for providing free hot meals to all students from grades 1 through 4.