Each person and/or family has a larger or smaller budget, which depends on many factors. First of all, on the level of income, then on cultural and household traditions, as well as on the region of residence. The state also considers for itself the minimum amount that a person in a certain region can live on without "stretching his legs" from hunger. The cost of living in Rostov-on-Don in the second quarter of 2018 is 9,554 rubles.
What is it?
The cost of living is equal to the cost of the consumer basket. It is calculated every quarter according to a single algorithm established by the government for Russia and each region. In each subject of the Russian Federation, this indicator is also determined separately for pensioners, children and the working-age population once a year, in order to determine the amount of additional payments.
The consumer basket includes a set of products, clothing and services necessary for human life at a certain level, which are recalculated using a system of coefficients. For example, it is believed that a Russian citizen needs 100 kg of potatoes, 126.5 kg of bread, cereals and pasta, 60 kg of fruit, 58 kg of meat per year. Compulsory payments are also taken into account. Prices are taken from the data of the State Statistics Committee on the level of prices for goods and services. In addition, they take into account the cost of paying for mandatory payments (the amount of taxes).
What cost of living in Rostov-on-Don will be adopted is determined by the size of the consumer basket and prices in the region. Since 2013, only the food basket has been counted, and the cost of non-food goods and services is taken in the amount of 50% of the cost of food.
Why do you need it?
Most likely, the majority of the population thinks that the state sets a living wage to take care of them. In fact, the Russian government considers this indicator primarily to be used for calculations in the implementation and development of federal social programs and the development of social policy measures. It is also guided by it when determining the amount of various payments, such as scholarships, allowances and other types of social benefits. Used both to determine the minimum wage and in calculations when the national budget is formed.
The cost of living in Rostov-on-Don is set quarterlythe government of the region (in some subjects of the country a federal indicator is used). Used to develop and monitor the implementation of local social programs, determine the amount of payments to the poor and in the development of the budget.
What can you live on in 2018
In 2018, in the first quarter, the cost of living in Rostov-on-Don was set by the regional administration by 292 rubles more than in the previous year. It amounted to 9,554 rubles. For able-bodied citizens, the living wage is 10,138 rubles, for children - 10,111 rubles, for pensioners it is set for a year and amounts to 7,731 rubles. The regional government believed that 4,251 rubles a month would be enough for food and 2,102 for all non-food items. For compulsory payments and fees, a resident of Rostov-on-Don will have to pay 685 rubles from the subsistence level.
In the second quarter, the rate increased from 2.63% to 2.9% across different demographic groups. The total per capita is 9,816 rubles, for the able-bodied - 10,412 rubles, for pensioners - 7,941 rubles, for children the subsistence minimum was increased most of all - by 302 rubles, amounting to 10,413 rubles. It is believed that pensioners need the least amount of money to survive.
Indicator for pensioners
To calculate the amount of social supplements from the federal budget, a living wage is set once a year for pensioners in Rostov-on-Don. In 2018, it is set at 8,488 rubles. Last year, the figure was at the same level.
Additional paymentis established if the pensioner has an income less than the subsistence minimum for pensioners in the region. In the past, the average amount of such payments in the city was about 1,900 rubles per month.
