NEWS
Additional NIS 200 for Birth Grant
by Eliezer Rauchberger
The Knesset plenum passed an amendment to the National
Insurance Law in second and third readings to add NIS 200 to
the grant given following the birth of a second child
(only).
According to the government-initiated amendment the grant for
a second child will be 9 percent of the average monthly
salary, which will raise the birth grant from NIS 430 ($95)
to NIS 630 ($140).
The economic plan approved ten months ago completely
cancelled grants, starting with the birth of a third child.
Only for the first child was it decided to provide a full
child grant, while for the second child it was decided to
give a reduced grant of 6 percent of the average monthly
wages.
The amendment recently passed followed a demand by Shinui to
raise the birth grant for a second child by NIS 200.
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