Romanian pensioners will receive up to 480 lei in addition to their pension, if the proposal is voted on. Find out which category of pensioners will be able to benefit from the increase and what are the conditions they will have to meet.
The Romanian state is trying to satisfy its pensioners, so a proposal provides for the addition of 480 lei to the monthly pension. This help for the elderly was proposed by the Ministry of Family, Youth and Equal Opportunities and the National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights and Adoption, with the aim of increasing the birth rate in Romania.
Therefore, all parents who went to work abroad, and their children remained in the care of their grandparents during this entire period, can bring their parents an extra income of 480 lei per month. Last year, the law was approved according to which parents who chose to work abroad must notify the town hall to which they belonged within 40 days before leaving the country, regarding the persons in whose care the dependent children remain.
The statistics show dizzying numbers, considering that more and more parents choose the path of foreignness in order to secure wages that allow them and their children to live decently. The children who remained in the country and whose parents went abroad, according to the data, reached the figure of 69,000, and of these, more than 13,000 have both parents gone.
Who are the pensioners who will receive 480 lei per month
Also, more than 9,000 children come from families whose only supporting parent is abroad. The same statistics show that most of these children remained in the care of their grandparents, while the rest are in the care of relatives or even neighbors.
The Ministry of the Family thus came up with the proposal that this allowance should be 0.8 ISR – the Social Reference Indicator, and that this money should also be received by the people who take care of one or more children. Also, the amount of 480 lei will be allocated for each individual child.
More than two years ago, a statistic was produced according to which 30% of children were without both parents around them. At the same time, children who were left alone at home and who entered the protection system show alarming figures. This shows that more than 3,000 children ended up in foster care or foster care.
