Russia, worried at a falling birth rate, government will give 90 thousand rupees for school girls being pregnant

Wales: Russia is worried about a fast falling birth rate. A peculiar scheme has been taken out to increase the birth rate. Under this, girls studying in school-college have now been allowed to produce a child on rent and raise them. However, this scheme has been implemented as a debut in some parts of Russia. Under this, girls studying in school are being given more than 1,00,000 rubles (ie about ₹ 90,000) to get pregnant and to raise a child.

Scheme is applicable to adult girls only

This scheme is applicable in some parts of Russia. This new initiative, which was launched in ten regions in the last few months, is part of Russia’s new demographic strategy, which makes the policy adopted in March 2025 comprehensive. This scheme applies only to adult women. The scheme has been prepared in view of the dramatic decline in the country’s birth rate. ‘Pronnetalism’ is a policy that encourages giving birth to children. In Russia, ‘Prientalism’ policies are being implemented to promote birth rate and prevent falling population. These policies include financial incentives, such as cash payments and maternity benefits on the birth of a healthy child.

What is birth rate in Russia

In the year 2023, the number of children giving birth per female birth in Russia was 1.41 – which is much less than 2.05, which is the level required to maintain the population in its current shape. In Russia, it is a controversial issue for teenage girls to have children to have children while staying in school. According to a recent survey by the Russian Referendum Research Center, 43 percent of Russian support this policy, while 40 percent are opposed to it. But this is an indication that this country gives high priority to increase the number of children.

What is the future guess

Russian people consider President Vladimir Putin a large population as a symbol of a rich superpower, as well as control over the huge (and growing) region and also a powerful military power. However, the contradiction is that their efforts to increase the physical size of Russia by attacking Ukraine and illegally grabbing its territory have also been destructive in reducing Russia’s population. According to some estimates, the number of Russian soldiers killed in the war has reached 250,000, while some of the most educated Russian people had to migrate in millions due to the war. It is estimated that by 2050, the fertility rate in more than three-fourths of the world’s countries will be so low that they will not be able to maintain their population.

Apart from Russia, in which other countries are such a scheme

Putin is not the only world leader to present women encouraging policies to produce more children. In Hungary, the government of Victor Orban is offering many discounts including tax exemption to those who produce three or more children. In Poland, 500 jlotis are paid monthly per child to families with two or more children. Poland’s official currency is Jlotti. But there is some evidence that it has not been motivated by high -income polish women to have more children, as they may have to give up the high income and the fascination of the progress of their career to produce a second child. Similarly, in the US, President Donald Trump is proposing US $ 5,000 to produce children. The effect of these policies has been mixed. No country has discovered an easy way to reverse the declining birth rate. PTI)

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