880.000 de pensionari din România au pensie sub 1.281 lei și iau indemnizație socială. 40.000, în București • Newsweek România

Over 880,000 pensioners in Romania receive social allowances due to pensions below 1,281 lei, with over 40,000 in Bucharest. As of June 2026, there were 882,735 beneficiaries of social allowances, including 845,433 from the public pension system. The average allowance for public pensioners was 538 lei, with the highest amounts in Maramureș and Hunedoara. For agricultural pensioners, the average was 361 lei, with Ilfov having the highest. The law ensures that those with combined incomes below 1,281 lei receive this allowance monthly.