Vladimir Putin set monthly payment for birth of first child

UFA, 29 November 2017. /Bashinform News Agency, Galiya Nabieva/. According to the Russian President Vladimir Putin, since January 2018 in Russia a monthly payment to be paid from the birth of the first child until he reaches the age of 18 months. On average, next year it will amount to 10.5 thousand rubles, RIA Novosti reported.

“To increase the birth rate, I propose introducing a number of new family support measures starting as early as January 2018.

The first is to introduce a monthly allowance to be paid from the first child’s birth until the child is 18 months old”, said Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Coordinating Council for Implementing the National Children’s Strategy.

The allowance will be based on the child subsistence expenses in a respective region. It will amount to an average of 10,523 rubles in 2018, 10,836 rubles in 2019 and 11,143 rubles in 2020. The allowance will be a targeted measure subject to the family’s income.

“The payments will be based on the child subsistence expenses set in every region for the second quarter of the year prior to the year of application for the allowance. It will be provided to families with an average income not exceeding 150 percent of the able-bodied population’s subsistence level also set by the respective region for the second quarter of the preceding year.” The President added.