| Date: | 2016- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | This pension is granted by the National Social Security Administration (ANSES) to people 65 years old or older who do not have any pension benefit. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | 1) Older people over 65 years of age, who do not receive any pension benefit. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Categorical: Older people over 65 years of age, who do not receive any pension benefit. 2) Direct means test |
| Instrument of selection: | The National Social Security Administration (ANSES) conducts socio-economic and patrimonial evaluations based on objective criteria set by the program's regulations, in order to ensure access to the most vulnerable people. |
| Registry of recipients: | Registration by the ANSES on the basis of the Argentine Integrated Pension System (SIPA) |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | … |
| Comments: | To receive the pension, senior citizens must be native Argentine citizens, by option or naturalized, in the latter case with a minimum legal residence in the country of ten years prior to the date of application for the pension, or be foreign citizens, with legal residence accredited in the country of minimum twenty years, of which ten must be immediately prior to the date of application for the pension. The recipients of the non-contributory old-age pensions granted by the Ministry of Social Development may opt to be recipients of the Universal Pension for Older People, provided that they comply with all the requirements set forth in Law No. 27,260. The PUAM recipients can not work in a dependency relationship or on their own, unless they are attached to the social individual tax-payment (monotributo). As part of the measures to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation, an extraordinary bonus of ARS $3,000 was delivered in March 2020. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Law Nº 27.260 (Title III) from 2016. |
| Responsible organization(s): | The National Social Security Administration (ANSES) and the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners (INSSJP) |
| Executing organization(s): | The National Social Security Administration (ANSES) |
| Responsible organization(s) for the registry of recipients: | The National Social Security Administration (ANSES) |
| Source of funding: | National Treasury with sources from general rents |
1) Universal pension for older people
| Recipient(s): | Older people of 65 years of age or older, who do not receive any pension benefit. |
| Mode of transfer: | Monetary |
| Mode of delivery: | … |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | … |
| Conditionalities: | … |
| Sanctions: | … |
| Comments: | The minimum guaranteed is established in article 125 of law 24,241, its complementaries and amendings, and will be updated in accordance with the provisions of article 32 of the same law. The people who receive this pension have health coverage and PAMI services, can access the collection of family allowances (per child / child with disability, per spouse and annual school assistance) and ANSES credits. |
| Amount : | Equivalent to 80% of the minimum guaranteed (haber mínimo garantizado). In 2018 the monthly amount was $ 7,447.28. See data in Excel format |
2) Extraordinary Grant (Covid-19 response)
| Recipient(s): | People chosen by law |
| Mode of transfer: | Monetary |
| Mode of delivery: | Transfer to bank account |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | … |
| Conditionalities: | -- |
| Sanctions: | -- |
| Comments: | This extraordinary grant is given for a maximum amount of up to ARS $3,000 to users of Non-Contributory Pensions: 1) Beneficiaries of the ARGENTINE INTEGRATED PREVISIONAL SYSTEM (SIPA); 2) Universal Pension for the Elderly; 3) Disability/Disability Pension and other Non-Contributory Pensions (Mothers of 7 or more children, Former Fighters of Malvinas, Political Prisoners, Ex-Combatants, Ex-Gratia, Old Age and Special Pensions). It will be paid to those who receive a single benefit. The amounts are determined on the basis of the recipient´s monthly salary or equivalent to the Universal Child and Pregnancy Allowances for Social Protection, accordingly. |
