Ulaanbaatar
Rule altered on benefits for children
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet on Monday amended the rule on giving cash to children from the Human Development Fund (HDF) based on the law on HDF, the law on the HDF’s budget and a relevant resolution of parliament.
As known, the cash granting has been included in the 2012-2016 action programme of the government. Since October of 2012, every child aged bbelow 18 has received 20 thousand Togrog a month from the HDF, by November of 2015, the money had gone to some 27 thousand children.
Money of 240 billion togrog was placed in the 2015 budget for the cash for children, while 144 billion Togrog has been approved in the 2016 budget of the HDF, which shows a 40 percent decline against the 2015 budget. It means that the money will be given children depending on their livelihood.
