MOSCOW, January 21 - RIA Novosti. Payments of 5 thousand rubles for the New Year were transferred to 13.7 million children, more than 68 billion rubles were allocated for these purposes, said Andrei Pudov, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
According to him, payments of 5 thousand rubles to families with children under 3 years old were transferred to 5 million children, more than 70 billion rubles were spent on this. Also, 10 thousand rubles were paid for children from 3 to 16 years old, the payment covered 23.5 million children, 234 billion rubles were spent on this. Another payment of 10 thousand for children from 0 to 16 covered 27.6 million people, the cost amounted to 276 billion rubles.
"The last payment of 5 thousand rubles for children under 7 years old - 13.7 million children received such payments, more than 68 billion rubles (sent)," - said Pudov at a meeting of the Federation Council committee on social policy.
More than 1.2 million certificates for maternity capital have already been issued without applications, said Pudov. "Also an important component with a wide coverage, namely 540 thousand in need, this is a doubling of the allowance for mothers who did not work at the time of going on maternity leave," the deputy minister added. -0-