“In accordance with the instructions of the President in the message to the Federal Assembly, the government together with subjects of Federation it is necessary to assess the income level of families receiving child benefits from 3 to 7 years inclusive and make a decision on the possibility of increasing from 1 January 2021 the size of payments to families, average per capita income does not reach the size of the regional subsistence minimum at the current level of benefits”, – said the Agency.
Now experts of the Ministry of labour and social security draft regulatory act. According to the press service of the Ministry, it is proposed to differentiate the amount of the benefit to families in which per capita income remains below the subsistence level, received 100% of the subsistence minimum of a child in the region. In all other cases, the allowance will remain at 50% of the child subsistence minimum.
Now the average for Russia the size of this payment is 5.5 thousand rubles per month.
