“Regulatory documents established that payments begin on July 1, as previously reported. Moreover, the new payment does not require a separate application from the parents, the decision is made on the basis of data already available to the Pension Fund, ”the Ministry of Labor said in a statement.

The ministry noted that the technical algorithm for electronic data exchange was previously developed with payments of 10 thousand rubles for children from 3 to 16 years old.

On June 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a lump sum payment of 10 thousand rubles to families with children under the age of 16.