Monthly child benefit of up to 3 years: what will change by 2013

For every woman on care leave, the actual issue is raising the level of material state aid. Of course, women with children under the age of 1.5 receive monthly cash payments, the minimum amount of which is constantly indexed. As of 01.04.2012 it is: for one child - 2 326 rubles, for the second and subsequent - 4 651 rubles. But, after the termination of payments, many women are forced to go to work. However, in many regions of Russia it is quite difficult to arrange a child in a pre-school institution.

To date, up to 40% of children throughout the country at the age of 5 do not attend pre-school. The reason is the lack of places. Of course, now there are so-called private gardens. But, unfortunately, most parents can not always afford them. For example, in Moscow, the payment for such a garden varies from 10 to 50 thousand rubles, depending on the "elitism". In provincial cities, the payment for visiting a private garden varies from 5 to 8 thousand rubles. With an average salary of 15 thousand rubles.

In connection with this rather acute problem, at the consideration of the State Duma of Russia there is a bill under the number 558761-5, which increases the terms of payment of the monthly allowance until the child reaches the age of three.

What do officials expect after the adoption of the bill? Certainly, paid leave for care will allow:

• Stimulate the birth rate of children;
• Increase the prestige of large families, increase the importance of family values;
• To reduce the actual problem to date - a lack of places in preschool institutions, allow mothers to raise children and receive a monthly child allowance of up to 3 years.

It is worth noting that earlier such an attempt was unsuccessful. To extend the child allowance to 3 years was supposed back in 2009, but officials rejected it, arguing the crisis situation in the country.

In 2012, to extend the child allowance to 3 years is assumed gradually. This is necessary in order not to provoke a crisis situation in the regional and federal budgets.

It is worth recalling that as of 01.04.2012 the amount of benefits up to 3 years is 50 rubles.

According to the bill, it is planned to divide all the subjects of Russia into 3 main groups, in regions of which the most acute situation is the lack of places in preschool institutions.

It was planned to introduce a child allowance up to 3 years in 2012 in the following regions:

• Republics of Buryatia, Altai and Tuva;
• The Red Army and the Kamchatka Territory;
• Omsk, Astrakhan, Tomsk, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk, Sakhalin, Kurgan, Volgograd, Ulyanovsk, Moscow, Irkutsk, Yaroslavl and Jewish regions;
• Khanty-Mansi, Nenets and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Districts.

It was planned from 2013 to introduce changes in the following subjects:

• In republics - Adygea, Karelia, Udmurtia, Mari El, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, Kalmykia and Sakha (Yakutia);
• Altai, Transbaikal, Krasnodar, Stavropol and Primorye;
• Kostroma, Smolensk, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Pskov, Kursk, Ivanovo, Voronezh, Sverdlovsk, Tver and Novosibirsk regions.

It was planned to introduce a child allowance up to 3 years in the following subjects:

• In the republics - Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Mordovia, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Komi, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria;
• Chuvash and Chechen republics;
• Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territory;
• Chukotka Autonomous Area;
• Amur, Tyumen, Penza, Murmansk, Bryansk, Kirov, Belgorod, Magadan, Orel, Novgorod, Kaluga, Orenburg, Vladimir, Leningrad, Saratov, Vologda, Tula, Lipetsk, Chelyabinsk and Tambov regions;
• Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Consider and adopt this bill was expected as early as 01.01.2012. During the first reading of the bill, which took place on February 15, 2012, several items were identified that require improvements, in particular, the definition of the source and procedure for financing the costs for this project. Therefore, the question about the child allowance up to 3 years remained unresolved. 2012 is unlikely to change anything. According to available information from unverified sources, in case of adoption of the bill it will come into force only from the next, i.e. 2013.