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The very expression “ration cards” in 2017 evokes strange feelings. Older people can remember the war and post-war years when products were issued using such cards. Younger people remember well last years existence of the USSR, when there was a general shortage of everything, including basic food products, which were distributed using “coupons”. However, the country is returning to the idea of ​​food cards, and in 2017 they are coming into use again.

Why did the idea arise to introduce food cards?

It is no secret that starting from 2014, the poorest people will have to live Russian population It's getting more and more difficult. The cost of products has skyrocketed, their quality has also fallen sharply, tariffs are constantly rising, and the budget simply does not have enough money to index pensions and benefits by an amount sufficient to compensate for the level of inflation. Thus, in 2017 there will be no indexation of pensions at all, and many other payments will be frozen.

The number of Russians who fall below the poverty line is growing year by year, so despite the modest budgetary capabilities, the government was forced to look for ways to support those most in need, one of such ways was the proposal to reintroduce food cards in the country in 2017.

What will food cards look like in 2017?

The cards will be plastic card like a bank account, to which a certain amount of money will be credited every month, however, these funds can be spent exclusively on those goods that the government has determined, namely:

• Meat products,
• Dairy products,
• Fish,
• Vegetables and fruits (Russian only),
• Seeds and seedlings.

As we can see, the list included the most necessary products for a relatively healthy diet, although, for example, bread is not on it. I am glad that it was not forgotten about subsidiary plot, and the state decided to include seeds and seedlings in the list for those who are engaged in subsistence farming and grow vegetables in their own garden.

Thus, the government prohibits the use of funds from food cards to purchase cigarettes or alcohol, and also limits the goods purchased with the card exclusively to Russian ones. This provides parallel support for Russian food producers. The government hopes that food cards in 2017 will give impetus to the development of these producers, as well as the development of domestic retail, which is also experiencing some decline in sales.

According to experts, approximately 20 million people in the country need such assistance, but it is far from certain that all of them will be able to receive food cards in 2017. As for the money budgeted for this type of assistance to needy citizens, 140 billion rubles are allocated for 2017, and 214 billion for 2018.

In world history there is at least one very good example implementation of the food card system, this is the USA during the Great Depression. If a domestic innovation is similar to this experience and at least partially repeats the American success of a similar program, the idea can be considered extremely successful.

Yesterday it became known about new support low-income citizens of the country - introduction of preferential food cards in 2017. This innovation should not be confused and compared with food stamps that were issued during the Great Patriotic War and during the collapse of the USSR. Today we will look at who the cards will be issued to, how they work, and what the received bonuses can be spent on.

Food cards for the poor since 2017

These bonus rubles will be credited to special cards issued for this purpose in the payment system "World". Another important point - You won't be able to earn points. Unspent points received in the past month will automatically expire!

It is noted that products can only be purchased in certain stores that are connected to a unified payment system, which has not yet been specified.

Bonus points can only be spent on domestic perishable products, which will also stimulate demand for local goods and increased turnover of domestic products. It will also be impossible to buy cigarettes, alcohol and other harmful products!

Who will be issued food cards?

Food cards in the USSR

Food cards in the USA

Grocery cards There are no plans to introduce food for the poor in 2019, despite repeated proposals to stimulate consumer demand with food stamps and support the poor. This was announced by Arkady Ponomarev, a member of the Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues, at Agroholdings of Russia-2018.

Who is eligible to claim the benefit?

The launch of the food subsidy program was planned first in 2018 and then in 2019. Several years ago, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed creating a supplementary nutrition system in Russia for the low-income population. For special bank cards Citizens of this category were offered to receive funds that could be spent on certain domestic products - fresh, perishable. According to Ponomarev, the implementation of this proposal will stimulate domestic demand and the development of processing industries.

An important clarification: the Ministry of Industry and Trade was going to issue food cards only to those citizens who found themselves below the poverty line due to external circumstances and could prove it. The state will definitely not support parasites who are able to work but do not want to. Russians who hide their real income and only pretend to be poor - freelancers, entrepreneurs, owners of subsidiary plots - should also not count on help.

If the program is launched in 2020, how can a citizen understand whether he can take part in the food card program? To do this, he needs to make some simple calculations.

Add up all the income his family received over the last 3 months. Benefits, subsidies, scholarships also need to be taken into account.

Divide the resulting amount by 3 to derive the arithmetic mean.

Divide the result by the number of family members (including children and pensioners).

If the final value is below the subsistence level, you can safely apply for a food card for the poor in 2020 (provided that the program is launched).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade does not specify what documents are needed to obtain a food card. It is known that control over the distribution of cards will be the responsibility of social security authorities - a low-income citizen should not have a question about where to get a food card, because he is probably familiar with the address of the local social security department. To apply for a benefit, you will not only have to bring the required papers, but also undergo an interview - a kind of “lice test”. Anyone who receives a food card in Russia will be required to make every effort to find a job (if there is none) in order to avoid the spread of parasitism.

It is expected that the list of citizens entitled to benefits will be reviewed every 6 months. A low-income citizen will have to bring documents confirming his preferential status to social security every six months.

What can you buy?

Holder grocery card, alas, will not be able to purchase with its help any products that catch his eye - he will only have access to those things without which the daily diet of a Russian cannot be imagined. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will provide an exact list of available products at the launch of the program. The list will include:

Meat and fish.

Eggs and milk.

Salt, sugar, spices.

Vegetables, fruits, dried fruits.

In addition, “social products” include pet food, hygiene products (soap, washing powder etc.), seeds and seedlings.

The benefit will not apply to alcohol and cigarettes. The Ministry of Industry and Trade categorically states that it is not going to support the bad habits of Russians.

Card holders will also not be able to spend preferential funds on surplus products - say, candy. A low-income citizen who wants to please his child with sweets will have to spend his own money on it. The most controversial position so far is medicines - the Ministry of Industry and Trade has not decided whether to include them in the list of “social products”.

Those Russians who will be issued food cards should pay attention to one more restriction: they will only be able to pay with preferential funds Russian products. Due to this restriction, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will try to “catch up with the second hare” - namely, to support domestic producers and give them an advantage in competition with importers.

Point payment system - what is it?

Food certificates will be issued in payment system"World". The state will not transfer rubles to the cards at all, but bonus points - monthly in an amount equivalent to 1,200 or 1,400 rubles. The holder of a food certificate will have to put up with a number of restrictions.

Points cannot be accumulated. If a low-income citizen does not spend all the bonus rubles by the end of the month, the rest of the amount will be burned.

Points cannot be cashed out. You can pay with bonus rubles only in stores participating in the state program. It is expected that from 2019 the cards will be accepted in some canteens and cafes.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade clarifies that cardholders will be able to deposit personal funds into bonus accounts. Why grocery cards? low-income citizens replenish with “our own blood”? If only for the following reason: the state promises that a citizen will be able to receive from 30% to 50% of the top-up amount monthly - this is a pretty solid profit. The Ministry of Industry and Trade, apparently, has not yet decided what will happen to personal funds at the end of the month and whether they will burn out along with the bonus rubles.

Experience of the USSR and foreign countries

The distribution of “cards for the poor” is not at all an innovative solution for a crisis economy. We can say that food cards are returning to Russia - a similar system was already in effect in the USSR.

Grocery cards in the USSR appeared along with the USSR itself - in 1917. The coupon payment system was introduced periodically, but this was not at all connected with the widespread poverty of Russians (as it is now), but with constant supply crises. Many of the products in the Soviet Union were recognized as scarce - they could only be obtained with a special coupon and only in limited quantities (to avoid speculation). The coupon system in the USSR reached its peak in the period 1988 - 1991, when citizens could not purchase either sugar or sunflower oil. Since 1992, food certificates began to disappear due to the spread of free trade.

But the coupon system is by no means a relic of the past. Nowadays, the practice of providing food certificates to low-income citizens is used all over the world, including in developed countries.

In the United States, low-income citizens have been paying for food stamps for 50 years, receiving about $115 per person each month. The Americans consider this system fair and are not going to abandon it.

In Great Britain, the coupon system was introduced after the Second World War due to food shortages. The program was resumed in 2014.

In Cuba, food cards have been issued to the poor for over 50 years, but now the coupon system on Liberty Island is on its way out. It is interesting that cigarettes were excluded from the number of “preferential” goods in Cuba only in 2016.

Food certificates were also introduced in modern Russia– at the regional level. For example, in 2013, 3 thousand food cards were issued for large families in the Kirov region.

Both market experts and ordinary citizens for the most part have a positive attitude towards the idea of ​​reviving the system of food cards in Russia for pensioners and other citizens in need of financial support. This was confirmed by a survey organized by VTsIOM: almost 80% of respondents were in favor. But if the idea of ​​introducing an analogue of the coupon system into the economy is so good, no matter how you look at it, why is the Ministry of Industry and Trade delaying its implementation? The answer to this question is simple: the state cannot yet find enough money to bring the idea to life. According to preliminary estimates, almost 70 billion rubles will be needed - finding such an amount in a country with a crisis economy, alas, is extremely problematic.