the most important innovations of august were collected by alina lapo.r and social protection annually announces changes to the subsistence level budget. the main guideline for calculating a number of benefits and additional payments changes steadily once a quarter. last time it grew up in may, next time it will be revised by november. so, starting from august, the average cost of living budget per capita will be fixed at 433 rubles. growth is a little over 3%. its size, in essence, is the necessary monetary minimum and social benchmark for providing state targeted assistance. the cost of living budget is calculated on average per capita, as well as by socio-demographic groups, such as pensioners, students, children, and so on. due to changes in the cost of living budget . the built-in social protection system, various types of allowances, increases in pensions, as well as benefits, including child benefits, are automatically changed for example, benefits in connection with raising children from 3 to 18 years old in a family, when the mother is on leave