Ismael Bermúdez
02/24/2021 11:33 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 02/24/2021 11:43 AM
Starting in March, the increase in retirements and pensions and other social benefits will increase by 8.07% and
to compensate for the loss against inflation there will be an extraordinary bonus.
Thus,
government sources
advanced to
Clarín
who added that the
scope and value of the bond
will be defined by President Alberto Fernández, between tomorrow and Friday.
It is estimated that, as applied last year, the bonus will reach
those who earn the minimum retirement or a little more
, to
non-contributory pensions
that charge 70% of the minimum amount and those who receive the
PUAM
(Universal Adult Pension Higher).
In total a universe of almost 5 million people.
The decision was made because, with 8.07%, the first increase based on the
new mobility formula
, which will be applied for three months (March-May) had a
bad debut
for retirees, pensioners and other benefit recipients such as AUH, Asignaciones Familiares) that add up to
18 million people.
Anyway, in Casa Rosada they insisted that with the formula of the previous government, the increase would have been lower,
7.18%.
Plus point, minus point, the increase in retirements and pensions would be
lower than the inflation of the first quarter of this year
, even estimating a descending inflation (3.5% in February and 3.1% in March) since it would accumulate a rise of prices of
11%
, affecting the 18 million people reached by mobility.
In addition to retirements and pensions, the increase includes Family Allowances, AUH, non-contributory pensions and PUAM (Universal Pension for the Elderly.
And the mobility formula does not foresee compensation if inflation is greater than the increase in assets .
With the 8.07% increase, the minimum retirement
will rise from $ 19,035 to $ 20,571
to be collected during March, April and May.
Non-contributory pensions would be $ 14,400 and the PUAM would be $ 16,457.
The mobility formula does not contemplate any compensation if the increases are lower than inflation.
Nor does it contemplate a recomposition for the loss suffered by all the beneficiaries of the system in recent years, which is between 15 and 25%, depending on the ranges of assets.
But it does not prevent extraordinary bonuses from being granted,
which are not included in the pensioner's assets,
as happened in 2020. This means that
they are not considered as a basis for future increases.
The bond would cover 5 million retirees and pensioners with salaries a little above the minimum because - they argue in the Government - they are the most affected by inflation since they allocate a greater proportion of their income to the purchase of food, which It is the item that increased the most and had the greatest impact on the average CPI and on the value of the basic poverty basket.
In any case, the rest of the retirees and pensioners had losses between 2018 and 2020 of up to 25% and with 8.07% they will lose again against inflation.
In the case of the AUH, the Government argue that parents with children under 6 years of age - have compensation for the increase in the Alimentar card, which, since this month, went from $ 4,000 to $ 6,000 per child and $ 6,000 to $ 9,000 with 2 or more children.
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