“It will combine a number of existing social protection measures, including payments that are provided in connection with the birth or adoption of a baby and until they reach three years old,” Mishustin said during a government meeting.
The universal allowance will include payments for children from three to seven years old and from eight to seventeen.
In addition, it will be administered to needy women who are registered in the early stages of pregnancy.
Earlier, as the TV channel "360" reported, the vice-governor of the Moscow region, Irina Kaklyugina, said that in the Moscow region more than 57 thousand families with low incomes became recipients of benefits for children from three to seven years old.