{{The birth rate in Russia grew 30 percent since 2007, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said on Wednesday.}}<\/p>\n
In his interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station, the minister attributed the trend in part to the introduction of the so-called “maternity capital” on January 1, 2007.<\/p>\n
“During this period, the birth rate increased by 30 percent,” Topilin said without giving the exact figures. Growth was attributed “to the introduction of the maternity capital, among other things.”<\/p>\n
In a bid to encourage families to have more than one child, all women who gave birth to their second child after January 1, 2007 are eligible for a government-issued benefit of almost 409,000 rubles (about $12,600).<\/p>\n
The benefit is not paid in cash, but parents can spend the money to improve their housing conditions, pay for their children’s education or put the money towards a pension.<\/p>\n
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