Ulaanbaatar
Government to allow benefits to single parents
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its irregular meeting on Monday, the cabinet discussed draft law on allowing benefits for single parents with many children, and resolved to submit it to the parliament. The bill outlines allowing benefits for parents with twins under 4 years of age and for mothers, beginning from their fifth month of pregnancy for the following five months, and monthly benefits for stay-at-home mothers with 0-3 year-old children, as well as quarterly benefits for single parents who have three or more children.
A total of MNT 72.4 billion was estimated to be spent for these benefits each year.
There are 531.1 thousand families with children in Mongolia, 16 percent of which are single-parent families.
