The Government of Russia should count on social benefits based on the general income of the family, and to pay them to all needy families, and not just those in which there are children. The head of the department Alexey Kudrin was told about such a proposal of the Accounts Chamber, RIA Novosti reports.
At the meeting of the Federation Council Committee, he explained that it was only so possible to achieve the goals to reduce poverty, which was put by the President of the country Vladimir Putin. According to Kudrin, proposals are sent to the government.
The official said that the Accounts Chamber analyzed the existing support measures and studied how to increase them. It turned out that even if the children’s allowance for minors under 17 years of age, the family may not leave the poverty zone. The fact was, Kudrin explained that the benefits often lacks to close the family budget deficit, since funds in the family in any case are distributed on all its members.
Last week, at a meeting with Putin, Kudrin said that his department prepared her own proposals to combat poverty and low-income citizens, but did not specify which one. Apparently, such payments were one of the ideas.
Kudrin emphasized only that the model of the Accounts Chamber allows you to find the best way to achieve poverty reduction goals from 13.5 percent currently up to 6.5 percent by 2030.