As noted, it is proposed to establish a living wage in the amount of 11 510 rubles for the working-age population, 8788 rubles for pensioners and 10 383 rubles for children.
This measure is associated with a reduction in food prices, taken into account when calculating the cost of living.
Thus, the price of potatoes decreased by 25.8%, cabbage - by 18.2%, carrots - by 29.3%, beets - by 19.6%, onions - by 27.4%.
A similar decrease in the cost of living due to a seasonal decline in prices, as the newspaper writes, was observed in previous years: in 2018, it amounted to 2.3%.
The Ministry of Justice said earlier that they are developing a bill proposing to remove the concept of “minimum wage” from the Civil Code, replacing it with a new definition, for example, specific payment figures.
On January 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to revise the structure of the consumer basket, as it lacks vegetables, fruits, fish and meat.