The one-off childbirth allowance will rise by 864 lei in 2023 and will be 10,932 lei, as the Cabinet decided on December 28, IPN reports.

According to Corina Ajder, secretary of state at the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the increasing of the one-off childbirth allowance is one of the main development objectives of the Government’s program that promotes a broad policy to support families with children.

It is estimated that about 35,000 children will benefit from such an allowance in 2023 and 382.5 million lei was earmarked in the 2023 state budget for the purpose.