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New rules for granting the single benefit take effect on 21 July. One of the main changes concerns confirmation of reasons for lack of income. What now needs to be done to avoid losing state support was explained by the Social Fund of Russia (Sotsialny Fond Rossii, SFR).
«The new rules narrow the circle of persons whose care is recognized as a valid reason for the absence of official income. The list includes disabled persons of Group I or elderly people in need of constant care according to a doctor»s conclusion, as well as citizens who have reached eighty years of age, and exclusively from among close relatives,« the agency»s statement said.
Close relatives include children, parents, grandparents, siblings, grandchildren, and spouses. Distant relatives, neighbors, or strangers being cared for will no longer grant the right to apply the «zero income» rule when applying for the single benefit.
Now the family must documentarily confirm the degree of relationship. When submitting an application to a branch of the Social Fund, it will be necessary to present relevant certificates, for example, birth or marriage certificates.
The single benefit is a state support measure provided to families whose income level is at least eight minimum wages per year. The total per capita income must not exceed the subsistence minimum (PM) per capita in your region. At the same time, each able-bodied family member must have confirmed earnings or a valid reason for their absence, which traditionally is caring for an incapacitated person.
For a care period to be recognized as a valid reason for lack of earnings, it must last at least ten months in the billing period. If it lasted less, the minimum income level will be recalculated proportionally to the number of months when there was no valid reason.
Families who previously lost their benefit due to income exceeding the threshold by up to 10% have had a monthly payment of 50% of the regional subsistence minimum established since May. Citizens will receive this amount for a year. As explained by the head of the Ministry of Labor Anton Kotyakov, all families that fell under the changes will be able to receive recalculated payments from 1 January 2026.
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