Τhe average pension granted by insurance funds reaches 694,56 euros, while the average of supplementary pensions reaches 178,48 euros.
The scheme, Helios, was created after Greece carried out its first census of pensioners to eradicate false claimants.
According to Helios’ data presented by the Ministry of Labor, the total amount paid for the pensions of June by the funds reaches 2 billion, 281 million euros.
As stated by the Secretary of Labor, Yiannis Vroutsis, “For the first time Greece gets a complete and clear image of the number of pensioners, the amount of the pensions and the total expenses paid, and we now know every pension and every pensioner with absolute precision.”
According to the minister, “We have succeeded in meeting the challenge of the organizational streamlining of the retirement system, since the shielding and safeguarding of the social insurance system has been assured, the laws are fully enforced and delinquency belongs to the past.”
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