Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- According to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the state program for the implementation of an action strategy in five priority areas of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021, some changes are introduced to pension system of the country from 1 June 2021.

In particular, when assigning a pension, seniority for the period up to 2005, when an electronic database on wages and seniority was not kept, is calculated on the basis of the records of the person’s seniority in the work book without requesting supporting documents.

The verification and collection of excessive payments on assigned, recalculated pensions and benefits for a period of three or more years is canceled.

Working citizens are given the right to make, on a voluntary basis, a monthly payment of social tax from their own income in order to receive future retirement benefits for their non-working spouses.

Pensions and benefits are assigned and paid at the request of the citizen at the place of permanent registration or place of temporary stay.

Applications for pensions and benefits in a non-cash form are drawn up by citizens in the process of opening bank plastic cards in branches of commercial banks or in electronic form through mobile applications without contacting the appropriate branch of the off-budget Pension Fund.

The obligation of persons receiving pensions in a non-cash form to visit the Pension Fund every six months, as well as responsible employees, to conduct on-site monitoring to determine whether citizens have lost their right to a pension on the basis of electronic information provided by the relevant ministries and departments is canceled.