10.06.2022

SOCIAL DISABILITY PENSIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY MORE THAN 45% SINCE JULY 1

From July 1, the social old-age pension will increase from BGN 170 to BGN 247. This envisages a draft decree of the Council of Ministers prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, which has been published for public discussion. The change will lead to an increase in the amount of pensions that are not related to employment, as by law their amount is determined depending on the old-age social pension.

For example, from July 1, the amount of the social disability pension for people will increase by more than 45%. The growth is almost twice as large compared to the increase in the minimum pension for seniority and age, which from July 1 is planned to increase from BGN 370 to BGN 467 or by 26.2%.

For people with permanently reduced working capacity/type and degree of disability 100 percent with certain foreign assistance the social disability pension will increase from BGN 272 to BGN 395.20. For people with permanently reduced working capacity/type and degree of disability from 91 per cent to 100 per cent its amount will increase from BGN 238 to BGN 345.80. For people with permanently reduced working capacity/type and degree of disability from 71 per cent to 90 per cent the social disability pension will increase from 221 BGN 321.10

The statutory supplements to the pensions, which are determined as a percentage of the old-age social pension, will also increase. The allowance for foreign aid for pensioners with permanently reduced working capacity/type and degree of disability over 90 percent, who constantly need foreign aid, increases from BGN 127.50 to BGN 185.25.

The right to a social disability pension have people over the age of 16, with permanently reduced working capacity/type and degree of disability of more than 71 percent.

At the same time, people with disabilities receive monthly financial support under the Law on People with Disabilities. For people with more than 90 percent degree of disability with the right to foreign assistance, who receive a social disability pension, its amount is BGN 235.41.