According to the current legislation, indexation is undertaken annually on April 1 to update the amount of pensions and other social payments. All categories of pensions, regardless of their type, are subject to this procedure.
The indexation coefficient is set by the government. It corresponds to the inflation rate at the end of the previous year, expressed as the increase in consumer prices in December of the relevant year compared to the same month of the previous year.
The draft government resolution on indexation and increase of social payments was prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. It provides that from April 1, 2026 they will be indexed by 6.84%.
The draft also provides for the increase of pensions by a fixed amount of 51.33 lei and the establishment of the minimum pension. Thus, the minimum retirement pension is set at 3,264.66 lei. The minimum old-age pension for people with at least 40 years of contributing experience is set at 3525.72 lei. The amount of the minimum pension for severe disability will amount to 2448,50 lei. In case of pronounced disability – 2285,26 lei and medium – 1632,33 lei.
The tentative amount of budgetary expenditures needed for the indexation of social payments is more than 2 billion lei. Of this, the expenses from the state social insurance budget exceed 1.5 billion lei, while the expenses from the state budget amount to about 514.2 million lei.
