The Government approved the 2015 state social insurance budget that provides for incomes of 13.4 billion lei, an increase of 12% on last year, and for an expenditure of 13.5 billion lei, up 11.6% on 2014. The mandatory state social insurance contributions will be 9.8 billion lei, by 6% higher than last year, IPN reports.

In 2015, the state social insurance contribution will remain 29%, 23% of which will be paid by the employer, while 6% by the employee. The contribution paid by the employer for the social insurance of employees from civil aviation, who are considered to be working in special conditions, will represent 33%. For the persons employed based on individual work contract in the agricultural sector, the contribution will remain 22% of the labor remuneration fund, 6% of which be subsidized from the state budget.

The state social insurance costs will represent 76.6% of the expenditure. The largest costs were planned for paying pensions. In 2015, the average pension will increase by 66.47 lei. The monthly allowance for raising the child younger than three will rise by 191.19 lei on average. The social welfare spending will grow by 36% on a year before. The number of recipients of social benefits will rise by 1,239 on 2014, while that of recipients of cold-month allowances – by almost 67,000.