Putin Offer: Ten million more than ten children!

Due to the covid epidemic and the war with Ukraine, the population of Russia has been decreasing significantly for some time. Concerned with this, President Vladimir Putin took a key decision for the development of the population. It has been decided to give 10 lakh Russian rubles (roughly Rs. 13 lakhs in Indian currency) as offered to women who bear more than ten children. To this extent, the scheme called 'Mother Heroine' was announced. Women who give birth to 10 or more children are paid this amount at once.

The mothers will 'qualify' for the 'award' even if any of their children die in battle, as the result of a terrorist act, or in an emergency situation. But there is a twist to it. This amount will be paid on the first birthday of the tenth child. It was also stipulated that the remaining nine children should be alive by then. Mother Heroine scheme came into the picture as a measure to replenish the decreasing population in the country. The nation has suffered a lot of human resources in two ways pandemics and war with Ukraine as well.

Mother Heroine scheme is not a new one in the country, it was introduced by former Soviet leader Josef Stalin in 1944 when USSR lost a huge population in WWII. Russia is facing a severe demographic crisis. The country’s population has been steadily declining for decades, decreasing to 145.1 million in early 2022. Also, Russia’s population decrease has almost doubled since 2021, when the coronavirus epidemic caused the country’s biggest natural population decline since the Soviet Union’s demise, and nearly tripled since 2020.