{"id":538388,"date":"2026-05-01T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=538388"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:18:27","slug":"subsistence-minimum-and-linked-benefits-increase-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/subsistence-minimum-and-linked-benefits-increase-in-belarus","title":{"rendered":"Subsistence Minimum and Linked Benefits Increase in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The subsistence minimum budget in Belarus increased by an average of 2.5% from May 1. It now stands at 509.62 rubles, 12.66 rubles higher than the previous level. The new value will remain in effect until July 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The subsistence minimum now amounts to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for the working-age population \u2013 554.4 rubles (+19.49 rubles),<\/li>\n<li>for pensioners \u2013 366.59 rubles (+5.84 rubles),<\/li>\n<li>for children under 3 \u2013 314.1 rubles (+6 rubles),<\/li>\n<li>for children aged 3 to 6 \u2013 422.66 rubles (+8.11 rubles),<\/li>\n<li>for children aged 6 to 18 \u2013 497.59 rubles (+7.69 rubles).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accordingly, social payments linked to the subsistence minimum, such as child benefits and pension supplements, have also increased.<\/p>\n<p>Age-based pension supplements from May 1 are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for those aged 65\u201379 \u2013 95.56 rubles, and 222.97 rubles for those with a Group I disability,<\/li>\n<li>for those aged 80 and over (including a care allowance) \u2013 191.12 rubles, and 254.82 rubles for those with a Group I disability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The one-time childbirth allowance amounts to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for the first child \u2013 10 subsistence minimums, or 5,096.2 rubles,<\/li>\n<li>for the second and subsequent children \u2013 14 subsistence minimums, or 7,134.68 rubles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The allowance for women who register with healthcare institutions before 12 weeks of pregnancy is 509.62 rubles.<\/p>\n<p>Child benefits are now set at the following levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for children aged 3 to 18 during the period of raising a child under 3 (monthly) \u2013 50% of the subsistence minimum, or 254.81 rubles,<\/li>\n<li>benefits for children over 3 from certain categories of families defined by law (monthly): for children over 3 raised in such families (excluding a child with a disability) \u2013 50% of the subsistence minimum, or 254.81 rubles; for a child with a disability over 3 \u2013 70% of the subsistence minimum, or 356.73 rubles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Allowance for the care of a child with a disability under 18:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>with Group I and II health loss until the child reaches 18, and with Group III and IV health loss until the child reaches 3 \u2013 100% of the subsistence minimum, or 509.62 rubles,<\/li>\n<li>with Group III and IV health loss after the child reaches 3 \u2013 120% of the subsistence minimum, or 611.54 rubles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The monthly allowance for children under 18 infected with the human immunodeficiency virus is 70% of the subsistence minimum, or 356.73 rubles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The subsistence minimum budget in Belarus increased by an average of 2.5% from May 1. It now stands at 509.62 rubles, 12.66 rubles higher than the previous level. The new value will remain in effect until July 31, 2026. The subsistence minimum now amounts to: for the working-age population \u2013 554.4 rubles (+19.49 rubles), for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69f461d6a5c64.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Subsistence Minimum and Linked Benefits Increase in Belarus"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-society"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}