{"id":184757,"date":"2026-04-24T12:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184757\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:43:25","slug":"government-to-raise-subsistence-budget-on-may-1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184757\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to raise subsistence budget on May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Belarusian government plans to raise the Subsistence Minimum Budget (SMB), child benefits and age-related pension increments by 2.5 percent on May 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SMB is used for calculations of social benefits, including allowances, benefits for families with children, social pensions, allowances paid in addition to pensions, and benefits for people who take care of people with disabilities or seniors over 80. It will rise to 509.62 rubels ($182 at the current exchange rate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-prof-by-magazin-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-prof-by-magazin-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-prof-by-magazin-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-prof-by-magazin-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-prof-by-magazin-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-prof-by-magazin.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus to raise subsistence minimum budget on February 1<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 23, Pozirk. The Belarusian government plans to raise the Subsistence Minimum Budget (SMB), child benefits and age-related pension increments by 1.2 percent on February 1. The SMB is used for calculations of social benefits, including allowances, benefits for families &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/172811\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 24, Pozirk. The Belarusian government plans to raise the Subsistence Minimum Budget (SMB), child benefits and age-related pension increments by 2.5 percent on May 1. The SMB is used for calculations of social benefits, including allowances, benefits for families with children, social pensions, allowances paid in addition to pensions, and benefits for people who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-184757","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Government to raise subsistence budget on May 1 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 24, Pozirk. 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