The recipients of all types of pensions set before April 1, 2021, which are lower than 4,000 lei a month, and the recipients of all types of state social welfare, except for the allocation to look after, accompany or supervise, will receive by 1,000 lei in one-off support, IPN reports.

According to the National House of Social Insurance, as from April 1, 2021 the financial support can be collected together with the pension or benefit from banks or post offices, as the recipient chose.

The costs associated with the payment of one-off support to 598,904 pensioners and 68,641 recipients of state social welfare will be covered with the special purpose transfer made from the state budget to the social insurance budget. The costs were estimated at about 668 million lei.