UAH 50,000 once and about UAH 7,000 every month: The Cabinet of Ministers approved an increase in assistance before and after childbirth
Kyiv • UNN
The Government of Ukraine has approved an increase in the one-time childbirth allowance to UAH 50,000. Monthly support for pregnant women without work experience has also been increased to UAH 7,000, and additional assistance has been introduced for parents returning to work after their child's first year.
The government has approved an increase in childbirth assistance: the one-time payment will increase to 50,000 hryvnias, instead of 10, and monthly support for expectant mothers without work experience will increase to 7,000 UAH. In addition, families will be able to receive additional monthly assistance if parents return to work after the child is 1 year old. This was reported by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, writes UNN.
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Today we are approving a draft law on family assistance before and after the birth of a child. The law provides for an increase in the one-time payment to women after childbirth from UAH 10.3 thousand to UAH 50 thousand.
As Shmyhal notes, payments to women "who gave birth to a child but do not have professional experience" are significantly increasing. That is, now such a payment is about UAH 850 per month, and "it will be UAH 7,000 per month" for pregnant women.
Also, according to him, monthly assistance has been agreed upon, which can be issued by one of the parents who cares for the child. In addition, additional monthly assistance has been agreed upon if parents return to work after the child is 1 year old.
We are implementing the "eYasla" program. After the child turns one year old, parents will have a choice: return to work or raise the child until they are three years old. If they choose the first option, the state will pay UAH 8,000 monthly. If they choose the second option, the single social contribution will be paid for the mother or father until the child is three years old.
The "baby package" has also been preserved in two options: in-kind assistance or monetary compensation of more than 7.5 thousand hryvnias.
Part of the innovations in family support is also the provision of the "Schoolchild's Package", which we approved at the last government meeting. This is UAH 5,000 for each first-grader to buy everything necessary for school.
Earlier, UNN reported that Ukraine is experiencing a demographic crisis. And this is already leading to serious consequences for the Ukrainian economy today. And with each year, the problems will deepen, predicts Olena Sosedka, co-founder of Concord Fintech Solutions. According to her, it is not only about the increasing burden on the pension and social systems. It is about the strategic issue of the economy's survival as a whole.
The crisis is particularly acute in the loss of qualified personnel — those who have already left due to Russia's full-scale invasion, and those who could train a new generation.
"Ukraine is losing valuable human capital. Young specialists are leaving — IT, medicine, education, engineering. As a result, there are fewer and fewer qualified personnel on the market. And therefore — there is no one to implement innovations, no one to develop industries. The economy begins to stall. And this will affect not only us — it will also affect future generations," adds Olena Sosedka.