minimum consumer basket, the cost of living in Russia - these terms are on everyone's lips.These concepts operate smartly officials and leading television programs, and simple townsfolk often do not even know what the numbers are hiding behind these concepts.
In principle, the terms are hiding in their title.The minimum consumer basket - the list of goods and services necessary to provide all the needs of the citizen.A minimum living wage in Russia - this is the same basket, but expressed in monetary terms.For different categories of citizens, in different areas it is calculated differently.The average cost of living in Russia in 2012 amounts to 6307 rubles.And for the adult working population it is slightly higher - 6827, and for pensioners - is substantially lower - 4963. If the average family income is below the subsistence level, the family may be considered poor.
Periodically television companies, magazine or just volunteers to conduct experiments on the theme "How to live on the minimum subsistence level in Russia?".As a rule, a person simply selects the required amount, the government's position on the board and trying to meet her.Experiment ends in different ways, many people simply do not reach the end of the month, and despite the fact that people do not have to buy clothes in this period, and they have a certain supply of food.
People living on minimum subsistence level in Russia, constantly have hard times.Despite the fact that, in principle, most of the needs of the minimum consumer basket takes into account the number of goods and services is poor.
For example, in a child 3 units of outer clothing (both autumn and winter) is 2.6 years.And if the 5-6 year old child can stay within these standards, the trёhletka clearly not fit into the same suit, in which he wore two years ago.The same can be said about adolescents in the period of intensive growth.Clothing accessories and top hats supposed to fly children every 2.8 years in the amount of 4 pieces.If one considers how soon wear children's clothes, how quickly grow from them children, and how often they lose the gloves, scarves and mittens will be clear that nothing found costs and regulations, which calculated the cost of living in Russia are too small and do not reflect reality.
situation is no better with drug supply.The amount, the provisions for medicines is charged as a percentage of non-food portion of the basket - 10, respectively, for working adults, 15 for seniors and 12 percent for children from non-food portion of the basket.Tentatively this would amount to 300 rubles a month.Despite the fact that some drugs are 500-600 rubles, the cost of often ill children and seniors can reach 1000-1500 per month.
Unfortunately, it is from the subsistence level are repelled when calculating allowances and grants, including large families, single mothers and women who are on maternity leave.If the per capita income of all family members at least 10 rubles more than the cost of living in Russia, the compensation of the family will not put.
If a family of two, three or more people still somehow can stretch to the cost of living - younger children wears for older products are purchased wholesale, cheaper utility bills are paid by the whole family, not per person.That alone living citizens have the most difficult.They and utilities have to pay depending on the footage, and even the biggest size of the apartments are 24 to 36 meters (as laid down in the law of 18 squares per person).What aggravates the plight of man.
