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12 January 2021, 16:44

Almost 11,300 deposit accounts opened under Belarus' new family capital program

MINSK, 12 January (BelTA) – As of 1 January 2021, 93,575 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, 11,298 of which were opened under the new program for 2020-2024, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

As many as 82,277 deposit accounts with the total sum of $822.7 million were opened in line with the family capital program that was running in 2015-2019. The 2015-2019 program provided $10,000 to large families upon the birth or adoption of the third and subsequent children in the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019. They could apply for family capital until 30 June 2020, no later than six months after the birth or adoption of the third and subsequent children.

As many as 11,298 large families opened deposit accounts with the total sum of Br254.2 million in line with the program extended for 2020-2024. Under the new five-year program, family capital equals Br22,500 and is granted to large families upon the birth or adoption of the third and subsequent children from 1 January 2020 till 31 December 2024.

“As of 1 January 2021, 28,815 families had applied for permission to use family capital ahead of due time. Of them, 25,856 (89.7%) want to use the money to improve housing conditions, 1,633 (5.7%) – to get education, and 1,326 (4.6%) – to receive healthcare services. The ministry granted permission to use family capital earlier to 27,342 applicants,” the ministry noted.

Most of these families are from Brest Oblast – 6,108. Then goes Minsk Oblast with 4,552 families, Gomel Oblast with 4,412, the city of Minsk with 3,532, and Grodno Oblast with 3,224. Mogilev Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast round out the list with 2,768 and 2,746 families allowed to use family capital ahead of due time respectively.

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