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Czech Chamber passes animal protection bill ... thereby increase by 3.7 percent compared to 2008, and the average pension will amount to 10,000 crowns, Necas added.Over 2.7 million people take old-age, disability, widow's or orphan's pensions in the 10-million Czech Republic, two million of whom take old-age pensions.Pensions are regularly indexed as of January 1 in reaction to to inflation.This year, they were also exceptionally increased by 470 crowns as from August over the steep price rise.The exceptional increase is possible under an amendment enabling to index pensions if inflation exceeds 5 percent.
Previously indexation was possible only if inflation was over 10 percent.The current average old-age pension is 9616 crowns, according tot the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry Pensions have become a hot issue for political parties ahead of the autumn Senate and regional elections.The opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) have proposed that all pensioners receive an extraordinary benefit of 3000 crown this year over the inflation.(USD1=17.172 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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