The one-off childcare allowance next year will rise from 8,299 lei to 9,459 lei. The provision is contained in the 2021 draft state social insurance budget approved by the Cabinet. The monthly child benefit will also be raised, IPN reports.

As of January 1, 2021, the monthly child benefit in the case of socially uninsured persons with children younger than two will be raised by 100 lei, while the monthly child support benefit paid until the child’s age of three and to parents with twins and more children born at once will be increased by 50 lei. Also, the minimum benefit paid up to the child’s age of three in the case of socially insured persons will be raised also by 100 lei.

In 2021, all the social allowances will be higher. The monthly state allowance for participants in the war for defending the territorial integrity and independence of Moldova and for persons who took part in the war in Afghanistan and in other states will be increased by 200 lei or 300 lei up to 500 lei.

As from January 1, 2021, monthly allowances of 300 lei will be paid to new categories of people. Among the recipients are the participants in the Chernobyl cleanup without disability degrees, persons who took part in nuclear experiments or became involved in ionizing radiation accidents and their cleanup at civil or military nuclear facilities while doing the military or special service.

The state social insurance budget for 2021 was projected at 25 billion lei together with the state budget allocations of about 3.2 billion lei that will be used to cover the deficit of own financial resources.