Photo: TanjugThe PIO fund is satisfied with the interest of pensioners in the cards that will allow them various kinds of discounts, but it does not mention the companies and firms that will accept these cards. It is also not clear why the PIO fund did not send them to home addresses, just as the Guide for pensioners
Pension cards have been introduced in Serbia, which will allow the oldest fellow citizens to receive various types of discounts from October 1. The distribution of pension cards began on March 15.
They were announced by President Vučić a month before. "With a significant increase in pensions, let's also increase the standard of living, from places where they will be able to perform examinations, in parks in big cities, in health centers and when they enter the store to have discounts." Yes, for a full basket, which they would pay 10.000 if they had a discount, 300, 500 dinars less. It's not a little. It can start from October, from March 15 we start with applications. "Let's find as many companies as possible that will offer their services," said the president.
On the first day of the application, Siniša Mali announced that by 14 p.m. that day, March 15, 57.000 citizens had submitted applications.
According to yesterday's data from the director of the PIO Fund, Relje Ognjenović, 200.000 pensioners have already applied for a new pension card.
Apart from that information, at the annual session of the Association of Pensioners of Vojvodina yesterday in Novi Sad, he announced an increase in funds allocated for the social standard of pensioners.
"That fund was increased from 0,1 to 0,15 percent, taking into account the price increase, taking into account the price of beo day that has increased, so from January 1, 2024, we will go with that change in the law and it will be separated through billion dinars for the social standard of pensioners, which is important because of the spas and the packages that we help, and finally, because of the sports events that pensioners organize and participate in. That way, we will have more space to help and show the state's concern for pensioners," he said.
No one mentions that applying for cards doesn't go smoothly.
Application for cards is online, which can be done on the website of the PIO Fund, at www.pio.rs, or in one of the Fund's branches, where employees should help anyone who cannot do it alone. It is necessary to enter JMBG, phone number or email address. Only an ID card is required for registration, and the entire procedure takes up to two minutes.
However, it is not clear why the PIO fund did not send its members cards, as the Guide for pensioners recently sent them. The answer, in truth, exists: cards will only be given to those who want to receive them, who apply, and the Guide had to be given to everyone.
It is not even clear why the application for cards was organized first, and only after that it began to encourage companies to provide a discount based on the card.
Many benefits provided by this card, which were listed by Siniša Mali and Relja Obradović, are considered by pensioners to be unsustainable, for example a free medical examination, and therefore they see this action as another smearing of pensioners' eyes.
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