Pension Fund deficit in finalized draft state budget for 2017 remains unchanged

15:40, 04.11.2016 1 min read

The deficit of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the finalized draft national budget for 2017 remained unchanged, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko has said.

"The amount of funds from the budget for the Pension Fund in the draft national budget for 2017, the government approved yesterday, remained unchanged at UAH 156 billion," he said at a press conference in Lviv.

Rozenko said the draft national budget for 2017 retains the rate of taxation for working pensioners, but the final decision will be made by Verkhovna Rada deputies.

In addition, he said the government has no plans to consider the issue of raising the retirement age next year.

"The government, as far as I know, holds a consolidated position - the retirement age won't be raised in 2017," he said.