The government plans to compile concrete measures by June to strengthen countermeasures against the declining birthrate.
At the same time, it is said that it will present a general framework for doubling the child budget, but there is a view that new financial resources on the scale of several trillion yen will be required, and the focus will be on how concretely the measures to secure it will be presented. increase.
Prime Minister Kishida has expressed his determination to make this year ``a year to challenge measures against the declining birthrate of a different dimension,'' and on the 6th, instructed Minister Ogura in charge of the declining birthrate to consider specific measures.
The government will set up a new meeting of related ministries and agencies under Minister Ogura within this month, and will start discussing the expansion of economic support centered on child allowances and the enhancement of early childhood education and childcare services. I'm planning to make a draft with a goal.
Based on this draft, we plan to proceed with further deliberations after April, when the "Children's and Family Affairs Agency" will be launched, aiming to compile concrete measures by the time the "Basic Policy" is formulated in June.
Prime Minister Kishida also met with Secretary-General Motegi of the Liberal Democratic Party and instructed the party to proceed with consideration.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Kishida will present concrete measures to counter the declining birthrate, as well as a rough framework for doubling the children's budget in the future, which is the basis for these measures.
There is a view that doubling the budget for children will require new financial resources on the order of several trillion yen, but within the government and ruling parties, differences of opinion have surfaced over how to secure financial resources to increase defense spending. Therefore, the focus will be on how concretely measures to secure stable financial resources can be presented.