Pensioners who do not spend their savings in a bank account for six months may be deprived of payments - bill

In Ukraine, where pensions can be raised to the living wage, pensioners who do not receive or spend money from their pension account for 6 months can lose their pensions. Such a norm follows from the draft law No. 9453, which the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading. The document also provides four additional grounds for termination of pension payments.

The draft act proposes to supplement the list of grounds for terminating the payment of a pension in the event of:

• temporary residence abroad at the request of a pensioner to terminate the payment of a pension;
• if a person is declared missing or declared dead in accordance with the procedure established by law;
• if a pensioner has been granted the status of a missing person under special circumstances, in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On the legal status of missing persons under special circumstances”;
• if a pension has not been received for 6 consecutive months in organizations that pay and deliver pensions, or in the absence of debit transactions for 6 consecutive months in banking institutions on current accounts to which pensions are paid;
• if pension recipients did not undergo physical identification in cases provided for by law.

The bill proposes to restore the identification conditions for internally displaced persons on a general basis.

Earlier wrote about the increase in payments to pensioners in September, as well as about which of the pensioners will receive an allowance of 520 UAH.