The Government of the Russian Federation was instructed to ensure an increase in the minimum wage to the subsistence level of the working-age population in two stages, from January 1, 2018 ‒ to 85 percent and from January 1, 2019 ‒ to 100 percent, and to submit a corresponding draft law to the State Duma together with the draft federal law On the 2018 Federal Budget and the 2019- 2020 Budget Plan.
The instructions to the Government also concern improving the functioning of the state information system of the housing and utilities sector.