Penza, 11 November 2016. PenzaNews. 1,630 third and subsequent children were born in the Penza region during 10 months of the 2016 year. This was reported by the press service of the Regional Ministry of Labour.

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“It is 54 babies more than during the same period of the 2015 year,” the office noted.

The press service specified that during the current year the monthly child benefit of 8.263 rubles provided for third and subsequent children under the age of 3 was paid for 6.207 children.

“433.3 million rubles was allocated for this purpose, including 228.7 million rubles from the federal budget,” the Ministry of Labour of the Penza region said.