“All the necessary benefits have been indexed.
Payments will be increased in connection with the increase in the living wage.
And the living wage itself will be 14,275 rubles.
It also provides for an increase in the minimum wage - it will amount to 16,242 rubles," Siluanov said, his words are quoted in the party's Telegram channel.
He noted that the draft budget also provides for an increase in the salaries of public sector employees, and an increase in the salaries of 3.5 million employees is expected.
Earlier, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the transfer of 1 trillion rubles from the National Welfare Fund to cover the federal budget deficit in 2022.