New measures to support families with children. New measures to support families in Russia: “children of matkapital” will be pulled out of the demographic pit
The head of state announced a massive reform of demographic policy. New measures will help those who do not have enough money to decide to expand their families. And they will earn from 2018. Payments for the birth of the first child are introduced, the program of matkapital is extended, the possibility of using its funds is expanded, a special program of a mortgage loan will appear. And also there will be no queues in a manger and clinics.
“We need active work to reduce mortality and stimulate fertility,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the President’s Coordinating Council for the implementation of the national strategy for children’s interests for 2012-2017. “Children are the future of Russia,” he stressed.
“We need to reset our demographic development policy,” the president continued. - In the foreground to support the promotion of fertility - large families with modest incomes, as well as the creation of additional incentives for the birth of second and third children. “Particular attention is given to young families,” he said. Most often, their income is very small and this often inhibits the birth of children.
"The measures were discussed for a long time and the time has come to make a decision and announce," the head of state said. New support measures for Russian families will start working on January 1, 2018.
First: there will be a monthly cash payment at the birth of the first child and until he reaches 1.5 years. The amount will be calculated from the cost of living of the child in the region for the 2nd quarter of the previous year of applying for the specified payment. On average, in 2018 the amount will be 10,532 rubles, in 2019 - 10,836 rubles, in 2020 - 11,143 rubles. The payment will be targeted, taking into account the income of families - it will be received by those whose earnings are not more than one and a half times the cost of living of the able-bodied population in the region. The costs of this program over three years will amount to 144.5 billion rubles.
The second is maternal capital. 11 years have passed since the introduction of this measure and the project was supposed to be completed at the end of next year. But people are asking what will happen next, Putin remarked and announced: it was decided to extend the program until December 31, 2021.
In fact, we need to reload our demographic development policy.
And that’s not all: there will be additional opportunities for using mothercapital. Particularly needy will be able to receive funds in the form of monthly payments. That is, the approach here is the same, targeted. And parents will receive funds in the same way until the child turns one and a half years old. It will be possible to direct maternity capital to pay for the services of kindergartens and nurseries - from 2 months already. “Mom will be able to continue work or education,” Putin said.
It has already been announced that the number of regions that receive co-financing from the federal budget to pay benefits for a third child will be expanded. Such a benefit is provided until the child is three years old. Criteria of need are set by regions. Co-financing goes where there is an unfavorable demographic situation and the total birth rate is below the average for Russia. This year, 50 regions benefited from co-financing. And from 2018, 60 regions will be able to receive it, those where two or fewer children are born, that is, the regional birth rate is increasing.
Another measure that is extremely important for young families is housing. Putin has announced the launch of a special mortgage loan program. Starting January 1, 2018, interest rate subsidies in excess of 6 percent will be provided for three years from the date the loan was issued for the second child and five years for the third. This applies both to purchases in the primary market and to refinancing of previously obtained loans. The measure will be able to reach over 500 thousand families in five years, the president said. Moreover, if the program comes to an end, and the child was just born, then the period for granting subsidies will be extended.
Another problem is queues in the manger. In kindergartens, they are practically eliminated. Now you need to do the same for the smallest. In two years it is necessary to create over 326 thousand places.
The accessibility and improvement of the quality of medical services should be increased, the head of state said. There was a good breakthrough in the creation of perinatal centers, but in children's clinics there are big problems with both equipment and queues. This is a deterrent when deciding on the birth of a child, the president said.
It is about the future of the country, that in Russia as many children as possible can be born and that their living conditions improve
For the reconstruction of children's clinics and their retrofitting will require more than 50 billion rubles. Regions will not be able to do this only at their own expense, Putin said. Therefore, within three years, the bulk of the amount - 10 billion rubles a year - will be provided by the federal budget. The head of state instructed the government and regions to quickly work out a detailed reconstruction and overhaul schedule, approve co-financing conditions and select clinics.
“We are talking about the future of the country, so that as many children as possible are born in Russia and that living conditions improve,” the president concluded. His speech in the hall was greeted with applause.
Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko thanked the head of state for his personal attention to this issue. "I am in a good way shocked by what I heard: these are not some cosmetic suggestions!" - she said.
A national strategy for children has helped consolidate efforts around this topic, said Speaker of the Federation Council. For the first time, the state turned to the issue of childhood in such a “large-scale, systematic and firm” manner and much has already been decided.
“I'm sure next year will be a record year in terms of having children,” Matvienko expects. "Children's" budget spending is growing year after year, she said. It was possible to halve the number of orphans in orphanages and special registration, this is not in the world, the chairman of the Federation Council added.
The children's population of our country has grown by 3 million over five years, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets calculated. But not all regions are ready to implement the measures indicated by the president, she noted. For example, in the allowance for a third child - Perm Territory did not put such an allowance in its budget, the deputy chairman of the government was indignant. There are seven regions where the problem of queues in kindergartens is not closed, Golodets also said. And in the first place is the Crimea. However, in the next three years the situation should be resolved.
The meeting summed up the implementation of the National Strategy for Children. She was designed for five years. “The strategy really acquired a nationwide and national character, and of course it couldn’t be any different, since we are talking about children and the future of Russia,” Putin said. “In general, the results are very decent, positive,” he said. This year, the president announced the beginning of the Decade of Childhood, and yesterday he supported the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a body to monitor the implementation of the project: Matvienko will do this work. Putin also agreed with the proposal to soften the criminal law against juvenile delinquents for a number of crimes. And speaking about issues of juvenile justice, he emphasized that it is unacceptable to infringe on the interests of parents. “We have our own traditions of a strong family, and this shameless interference in family life is unacceptable,” he concluded.
Talent of love
Announcing new steps to improve the demographic situation in the country, Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with a cup of tea with the winners of the All-Russian contest "Family of the Year". This year 322 families from 85 regions took part in it.
The competition is held for the second year, but the number of participants has increased dramatically, the president said. “The family is the foundation of our entire society, the whole state, but this is not so much the matter. First of all, it is the human component. We all love children, we understand that this is our future, but not everyone can properly build work, organize this correctly work in families, "he said." Of course, everything happens in the family, as elsewhere, but talent is talent — people who manage to overcome all difficulties, and who manage to overcome them, if not easily, then on the basis of kindness and love, a friend to a friend, this talent is very expensive. As well as talent create an atmosphere of warmth, goodness, mutual support. " "Here you are succeeding, with which I congratulate you first of all," Putin added.
The head of state said that a whole package of programs has been prepared to support families with children. And it turned out that he anticipated the questions they asked at the meeting, and many of the requests made there.
A treat was prepared for the table: wild berries, crumbly cookies, macaroons and even candy, for some reason on a fork. But after the opening address of the president, the participants were a little confused - many did not dare to touch the dishes. Then the president encouraged them. “The candy sticks out appetizingly on the fork,” he smiled, “people think whether it is possible to start or not, it is possible!”
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Families were from many different regions, including new ones. The president promised to create a modern museum complex with branches of leading museums in Sevastopol. “I spoke recently regarding Vladivostok, where the Hermitage and the Russian Museum are planning to open their branches. For this we have created a separate modern museum complex. I think the same can be done for Sevastopol. And we will do it,” he promised. In general, you should think about building modern cultural facilities in Sevastopol, Putin believes. We need a good musical theater, a training base for theater workers.
“We would build even more, we are ready to allocate as much funds as is necessary in order to achieve at least the average Russian level and above. The question is about the capacities of the construction complex that operates in Crimea,” the president responded to the gratitude of the laureates for the development of the peninsula. “I don’t really want to attract from outside, to be honest ... I want the locals, local companies to work, but their capacities are still limited,” he added.
One of the guests, an international class master of sports in archery, spoke about the organization of children's competitions in this sport. “Much more needs to be done to support archery in general,” the head of state said. “We will do this gradually, especially since we have good results in this sport, it needs to be supported.”
Putin also appreciated the poem about his hard work: he was read at a meeting by a poet, a father with many children from Sakhalin. The work is called: "I do not envy you, Mr. President." "Keep writing poetry!" - appreciated the head of state. "There is nothing more interesting than engaging in creativity with love," he praised the many talents of the family.
Early New Year's wish of a family from Ingushetia came true early. The little twins wrote to Santa Claus - they would like to shake hands with the president. It came true. “We’ll do it now,” he responded to the boys ’request. But the other child was not so lucky: he so dreamed that his family would win the contest, so wanted to see the head of state that, having learned that everyone was going to the Kremlin, he got sick from excitement and stayed at home with high fever. The President wished him good health.
Regional authorities must take their own measures to increase the birth rate in addition to the existing federal ones. The Ministry of Labor sent letters to the governors with such recommendations. We are talking about additional cash payments, for example, regional maternity capital, improving housing conditions for families, creating 12-hour kindergartens. Moreover, measures should apply to all families, regardless of their income. Additional support is needed, as in the last two years the birth rate is falling and the demographic situation may worsen, officials say.
The need to take additional measures to increase the birth rate is mentioned in the draft methodological recommendations prepared by the Ministry of Labor. The agency has already sent them to the regions (a letter signed by the first deputy minister Alexei Vovchenko is at the disposal of Izvestia). Based on the recommendations, the authorities of the entities should determine the targets until 2020 “to increase birth rates, reduce mortality and migration growth” and may propose amendments to the document, after which it will be sent to the government for approval.
The draft Ministry of Labor states that "regional plans should provide for the adoption of new measures that could have an additional stimulating effect on fertility." It is about additional support from the subjects in addition to the existing federal programs - for example, regional maternity capital, a monthly cash payment for a third child, etc., is explained in the document.
The recommendations indicate the main directions of measures to increase the birth rate. This is direct material support - periodic and one-time payments. Also, governors should create "conditions for combining responsibilities for raising children and professional duties." This, for example, is the creation of additional beds in nurseries and kindergartens "in full-time mode (10.5-12 hours of stay)." Regional officials were also recommended to improve housing conditions for families with children, and to create a “family-friendly environment”.
“Measures to increase the birth rate should be stimulating in nature and not be replaced by social protection measures provided taking into account need and targeting. The amount of material support and measures of a non-material nature for families with children should be significant for potential recipients, ”the document says.
It also states that "in most regions of the Russian Federation in 2016 and 2017, a negative dynamics in fertility was noted." The decrease for the first time in 11 years occurred in 2016 and "indicates that the existing measures are insufficient and without the adoption of additional measures, the decline in the birth rate may increase."
The press service of the Ministry of Labor could not provide operational comments.
The decrease in the birth rate is associated with a decrease in the number of women of reproductive age, since small age groups born in the 1990s enter this age group, the press service of the governor of the Omsk region noted. Acting Governor Alexander Burkov told Izvestia that additional support measures are already in place in the region, for example, monthly payments for the second and third children (before they reach the age of three) to families whose income does not exceed the regional minimum wage.
Another support measure is the possibility of early use of the funds of the regional maternity capital for the gasification of residential premises. Since the new year, the amount of money paid to large families has been increased by 20% - up to 375 rubles a month, now it can be received not every month, but at a time, ”said Alexander Burkov.
The Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Anton Alikhanov told Izvestia that he considers assistance in purchasing housing the most effective measure to stimulate the birth rate.
This year, a program of preferential mortgage lending has already begun to operate in our region. That is, money will be allocated from the regional budget to offset the costs of obtaining new housing. We plan to cover almost the entire down payment. And since preferential loans are already in effect for young families, apartments will become more affordable. But we will help not only young, but all families, regardless of age and number of children in the family. The main thing is that the child is born in 2018, - said Anton Alikhanov.
He also noted that if the program yields results, then it will be extended.
The Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergey Morozov noted that the rights of pregnant women will be actively protected in the region.
We propose establishing lower production standards for them. Women raising children under the age of 14 must be granted leave at a convenient time for them. It is important to prevent them from being reduced. Children of working mothers need to be provided with preferential tickets to health camps, ”the governor told Izvestia.
The dean of the faculty of sociology and political science of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Alexander Shatilov, believes that the targeted material assistance that the regional authorities can offer will not have a significant effect on the birth rate.
Now many people of childbearing age are trying to move to large cities. And their rhythm does not imply the possibility of giving birth to many children, they are more likely to make money. Therefore, it is necessary in general to create comfortable conditions for living in the regions, to increase salaries. Then those who stay in small towns will think about the birth of a child, the expert said.
As Izvestia previously wrote, one of the priorities of social policy is improving the demographic situation. For example, starting this year, Russians will begin to receive payments for the birth of their first child. The maternity capital program was extended until the end of 2021. 2018–2027 are declared the Decade of Childhood.
The other day, the government approved the rules of state support for mortgages for families with children. Subsidizing the interest rate to the level of 6% for three or five years is provided for families "at birth from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022, respectively, of the second or third child." State support will receive borrowers who take a loan for an apartment in a new building or refinance an existing one.
MOSCOW, Nov 28 - RIA News. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday voiced a number of initiatives in the socio-demographic sphere, among them the extension of the maternity capital program until the end of 2021, subsidizing the mortgage rate for families with a second or third child, and setting a monthly payment for the birth of the first-born up to one and a half years.
Speaking at a meeting of the Coordinating Council of the national strategy of actions for children with his proposals, the head of the Russian state noted the need to “reset” the demographic policy in the country.
Extend the capital
The maternity capital program was supposed to end at the end of next year, but on Tuesday, Putin proposed to extend it until the end of 2021. The Russian leader also proposed introducing additional opportunities for the use of mother capital.
"Funds from maternity capital can be received in the form of monthly payments to those families who are in particular need," Putin said.
According to him, the approach will be targeted. In addition, it will now be possible to use maternity capital to pay for preschool education services, or rather to pay for the care and supervision of a child from two months old. “I know that the demand for this measure is very large, in particular, the mother will be able to continue work or education after the birth of a child,” the Russian leader explained.
According to Andrei Isaev, the first deputy chairman of the United Russia faction, Putin’s decisions related to maternal capital and support for needy families will positively affect the demographic situation.
“Many families are ready to have a second and third child, but they don’t have enough of their own funds to solve the housing problem. And part of the maternal capital remains unclaimed. Therefore, it’s extremely important for them to get additional help, such an opportunity will appear,” he said.
Support the first-born
Putin said that starting in January 2018, a monthly cash payment to families will be established for families at the birth of their first child, which will be paid until the child reaches the age of 1.5 years. The amount of payments will be calculated based on the cost of living of the child, established in the subject of the federation. On average, in 2018 it will amount to 10 523 rubles, in 2019 - 10 836 rubles, in 2020 - 11 143 rubles. In this case, the payment will be targeted. Financial expenses for the implementation of these measures will amount to 144.5 billion rubles over three years.
The head of the commission of the Public Chamber (OP) of the Russian Federation on family, motherhood and childhood support, Diana Gurtskaya, among all the family support measures to stimulate the birth rate proposed by the president, highlighted precisely this initiative.
“I’m sure that for many this will be a weighty argument in order not to set career goals ahead of motherhood,” RIA Novosti Gurtskaya explained.
According to the social activist, specific measures to support families to stimulate fertility are "a serious result of the implementation of the National Strategy for Children."
Isaev, the first deputy chairman of the United Russia faction, also considers it important to make a monthly payment for his first child.
"The category from zero to one and a half is very well chosen, because for a family with children from three to seven years old, the problem is largely solved thanks to the program" kindergartens for children ", but just when my mother does not work, she stays at home, getting the allowance, not the salary, but wants, for example, to start working earlier - providing assistance in this case is the most effective, most significant. This is the most sensitive moment in this case, "says the parliamentarian.
Tidy children's clinics
In his speech, Putin advocated increasing the availability and quality of medical care for children and touched on the problem of the state of children's clinics. According to him, according to preliminary estimates, more than 50 billion rubles will be needed to carry out their reconstruction, overhaul and retrofitting.
“Obviously, the regions, even bearing in mind the assistance that they have been given recently, will not be able to carry out these works only at their own expense. Therefore, in the next three years, the bulk of this amount, 10 billion rubles a year, will be provided by the federal budget, "Putin said.
The government, together with the regions, he added, “it is necessary to quickly work out a detailed schedule for the reconstruction and overhaul of children's clinics, including outpatient departments of hospitals, as well as approve co-financing conditions and rules for the selection of clinics, taking into account the readiness of design estimates and, above all, severity of the problem. "
The Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova, following the results of the coordination council, told reporters that the department supports the president’s order on the reconstruction and construction of children's clinics.
“We are faced with the fact that worn-out buildings of polyclinics, in general, require significant renovation. And indeed, (this) is sometimes adapted premises, sometimes in residential buildings. Therefore, the task that the president gave was to prepare a program for reconstruction, overhaul, we are warmly supporting the construction of new clinics, "said Skvortsova.
She also believes that the measures proposed by Putin to improve the situation in Russia's demography are "full" and "relate to all aspects and social assistance, social protection and medical support."
Mortgage Special Program
Putin proposed launching a special mortgage lending program for families in which a second or third child will be born starting January 1, 2018. Buying housing in the primary market or refinancing previously received mortgages, such families will be able to rely on government subsidies on interest rates in excess of 6% per annum.
According to the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, Anatoly Aksakov, the program proposed by the President of the Russian Federation will be in demand by such families and banks.
“This is a good program, absolutely correct, many thanks to participating in it will be able to solve their problems. It is also beneficial for banks. They will receive money from the budget, and since it is still a good mortgage product - there is good collateral, banks will be interested to work with him, "said a deputy of RIA Novosti, commenting on the proposal of the head of state.
Alexey Popov, the head of the CIAN analytical center, believes that the implementation of this initiative will make apartments in new buildings more affordable for families with two or more children by 7-8%.
"The increased availability of mortgage products for families with several children can lead to an increase in demand for 2-3-room apartments, which now remain unsold in many projects due to the increased popularity of studios and one-room apartments," Popov explained to RIA Real Estate.
There is money and money
As the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko told reporters, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation tentatively calculated the costs of all the social measures proposed by the president and confirmed the possibility of their implementation.
“The president never brings anything without preliminary study, I know that. Therefore, of course, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Ministry of Finance tentatively calculated all these measures, and confirmed the possibility of their implementation,” Matvienko said.
According to her, changes to the legislation will be promptly prepared and new measures to support families will be reflected in the 2018 budget.
According to Natalia Porokhova, head of the ACRA research and forecasting group, subsidizing a mortgage rate for families with a second or third child will require 10 billion rubles annually, which is a relatively modest budget subsidy.
“Families with a 2nd or 3rd child in 2018 will make up 0.5% of the population of the Russian Federation. If the usual mechanism is to subsidize the difference between market rates and the social mortgage rate, the measure will require relatively modest budget subsidies ( no more than 10 billion rubles a year), "says Porokhova.
The chief economist of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Yaroslav Lisovolik believes that social initiatives voiced by Putin can be funded from additional oil and gas budget revenues of the Russian Federation.
“I think the compromise here could be that the budget projections of the Ministry of Finance are rather conservative and, probably, it is possible to envisage the possibility of implementing such initiatives at the expense of additional budget revenues, which are obtained due to the excess of oil prices that we are currently observing. Probably , such a compromise would be possible in the conditions when, on the one hand, adaptation to lower oil prices over the last three to four years is necessary and, on the other hand, it is necessary to stimulate growth and maintain good population status, "Lisovolik told RIA Novosti.
"Probably, this will be allowed in this way - that is, due to the fact that priority in the distribution of additional budget revenues will be given to such projects," he added.
The social block of the Russian government has proposed a package of measures to stimulate fertility. Demographic experts told the site what measures to actually increase the birth rate in the country are worth taking.
What measures have the government proposed?
To stimulate the birth rate in the country. The Office proposes to continue the payment of maternity capital until 2023. This was stated by Minister Maxim Topilin.
It is noted that the program has been launched since 2007 and will be valid until the end of 2018. About 400 billion rubles a year is allocated for this state program, which makes up half of the state’s expenditures on motherhood support.
Another idea of \u200b\u200bthe social block of the government is to increase the childcare allowance for women who become mothers up to 25 years old. The Ministry of Labor reported that such an idea would encourage women not to delay the birth of their first child.
However, the department noted that "there is a risk that a woman under 25 will not have time to get an education, to acquire a profession - and this will lead to women leaving the labor market."
The Ministry of Finance proposed other measures to stimulate the birth rate: to extend the matkap payment until 2019, and then reformat the program. The agency also put forward two conditions: to pay maternity capital only in regions where the birth rate is below the average for Russia, and also to pay a matkap in regions with a natural migratory population decline, and only to those families whose income after the birth of a second child falls below 2.5 living wages minimum.
It is noted that the Ministry is ready to direct the money saved to other measures to stimulate the birth rate, including new targeted payments and benefits.
"Over the period of the existence of maternal capital, Russia has almost come to first place in terms of fertility in the world."
According to daria Khalturina, Chairperson of the Board of the Public Health and Demography Council, the measures proposed by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Finance are not effective, as the few generation of the 90s become mothers.
“A much larger resource is made up of older women, and they need to be motivated no less than young mothers. Most likely, after 2023 they can limit the receipt of maternal capital, despite the fact that maternal capital has proved to be an effective measure that can be borrowed other developed countries. During the period of the existence of maternal capital, Russia has almost come to first place in terms of fertility in the world, "Khalturina said in an interview with the site.
She noted that the most effective measures to stimulate the birth rate are “live payments” (cash that a young mother can immediately receive).
“It would also be advisable to increase the possibilities of implementing the matkap. To lower tax deductions for parents, since our country has the largest contingent of the poor. Another effective measure would be the availability of childcare services for children under the age of three. For example, nurseries, which no one says, some home kindergartens.You can also arrange subsidies for nannies, make kindergartens more customer-oriented - they should not be closed for the summer, but should work until seven in the evening, and not until six. A flexible schedule for parents in less demanding jobs. If this is the profession of an air traffic controller, then we are not talking about a flexible schedule. But if it is a designer, then mom or dad could agree with the management what time to come or about the opportunity to work for some time. For example, in Australia, such a practice is introduced by law, "said the expert on demography.
"If new measures are not taken to support the birth rate and prevent mortality, the number of the Russian population will drop to 140 million by 2020."
She also added that there are dozens of studies on Russian demography. One of these reports was published in 2014, co-authored by Daria Khalturina. The report of the Institute of Scientific and Public Expertise of the International Laboratory for Political Demography and Macrosociological Dynamics of the RANEPA it is said that in recent years the demographic situation has improved in Russia. According to preliminary data, the number of births in Russia in 2013 for the first time in 20 years exceeded the number of deaths, in connection with which a natural population growth was achieved. Successful government policies to support fertility, reduce harmful alcohol consumption, and develop a health care system led to such results.
Experts carried out calculations of several scenarios of the demographic development of Russia until 2050.
“If new measures to support the birth rate and prevent mortality are not taken, the number of the Russian population will drop to 140 million by 2020 and to 113 million by 2050,” experts at the RANEPA said.
Experts also noted that the potential for demographic growth in Russia is higher than in European countries, and measures to support families with children can give better results at lower costs than in OECD countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - website).
“In terms of adherence to traditional family values, Russia has higher rates than in most European countries, including states with higher birth rates. Actual data show that those countries that apply truly effective family policy measures manage to achieve a systematic (and not limited to two to three years) rise in fertility, "the document says.
According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in the first quarter of 2017, the birth rate in Russia fell by 10.1 percent. In the capital in 2016, the birth rate increased by two percent compared to the previous year.
"There is no family approach or interaction with the family. More than 30 percent of children in Russia are brought up without fathers."
Scientific Director of the Independent Institute of Family and Demography Igor Beloborodov He said in an interview with the site that it is necessary to stimulate the birth of children of not only young mothers, but also dads, and, in general, have a comprehensive impact on the family.
“The problem is that there is not a single person with a demographic education in the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labor, functionaries are sitting there who look at everything through an outdated Soviet prism. I haven’t heard any new measures. This is only a strengthening of the old measure - increasing benefits. In itself, it’s good, when they stimulate young mothers. But I don’t see the stimulation of young dads. There is no family approach and interaction with the family. More than 30 percent of children in Russia are raised without fathers. It’s impossible to build a demographic policy on matriarchal grounds, "the expert explained.
He also called a number of measures that, in his opinion, will be able to increase the birth rate in Russia.
“It is necessary to add a family-oriented approach, work not only for the mother, but also for the whole family, and also work with the target group - large families. It is much easier to induce the families who gave birth to the third - to give birth to the fourth, than those who gave birth to the first - to induce to give birth to the second. To improve the demographic situation in Russia, 20 percent of large families with five to six children will be enough. This is a completely feasible task that does not require special funds, "Beloborodov said.
He stressed that Russia is already on the edge of the demographic pit. The research director made such conclusions based on marriage statistics for 2016.
“In 2016, 200 thousand fewer marriages were made than in previous years. This (demographic crisis - site) already takes place, which only confirms my conclusions that we must work with those who are ready to give birth. The state owes them (for large families - site) to show that their social status will proportionally increase the number of children in the family, "concluded Beloborodov.
Earlier, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Russia on a monthly payment system.
In his opinion, monthly payments will cost the state much more. In addition, the matkap is a system for stimulating the birth of children, and not support for families.