The size of child benefits in Belarus will increase by 3% from November

October 27, Minsk /Elena Prus - BELTA/. In Belarus, the amounts of state benefits for families raising children will increase by 3% from November this year, the main department of employment policy and population of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection informed a BELTA correspondent. This is due to the approval of a new subsistence minimum budget per capita (from November 1, 2010, to January 31, 2011, it will be Br283,050). Thus, from November 1 of this year, the monthly child care allowance for a child under three years of age will be Br283,050, and for a child over three years of age - Br84,920. The one-time allowance for the birth of the first child will reach Br1,415,250, and for the birth of the second and subsequent children, Belarusian families will receive Br1,981,350. The one-time allowance for women who registered with a state healthcare organization before the 12th week of pregnancy will be Br283,050 from November this year. In Belarus, the state benefits system covers about 440,000 boys and girls under 18 years of age (25.3% of the country's child population). In January-October of this year, compared to the same period last year, the average monthly amount of state child care allowance for children under three years of age increased by 37%, and for children over three years of age - by 9.6%. Recall that in accordance with the decree of the President, from January 1, 2010, the amount of the monthly allowance for children under three years of age was increased from 80% to 100% of the subsistence minimum budget. This year, the amounts of child benefits have already been revised three times due to the increase in the subsistence minimum budget - from February 1, from May 1, and from August 1. -0-