Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the allocation of 28.3 billion rubles. on payments for children three to seven years old, according to the government website. RUB 5.9 billion allocated for payments to large families.
Monthly payments for children of three to seven years old can be received by families in which the income for each family member does not exceed the subsistence level in the region. The amount of the payment will be from 50% to 100% of the child’s subsistence level. Parents of 2.7 million children are now receiving such payments. This year, 276 billion rubles have already been allocated from the budget. for such payments.
Mishustin also signed a decree on the allocation of 5.9 billion rubles. for the third and subsequent child in the family. Parents can receive this allowance up to the child’s third birthday. The budget provides for payments of 59 billion rubles. Now 620 thousand families are receiving assistance, and thanks to additional funds, parents of another 48 thousand children will receive benefits.
In August, families with school-age children received a one-time payment of 10,000 rubles. Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that such benefits were intended to prepare children for school. Last year, families with children could also receive two lump sum payments of 10,000 rubles. In October, Putin proposed indexing maternal capital in 2022 to real, not projected inflation.
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