7.1. The amount equivalent to essential needs contemplated in section 7 is equal to the aggregate of $235 each for the person contemplated in section 2 and his spouse, where such is the case, and $60 for each dependent person of the person contemplated in section 2.
The amounts of $235 and $60 contemplated in the first paragraph are increased to $240 and $62, to $250 and $64 and to $260 and $66 for the years 1986, 1987 and after 1987, respectively.