Only the Fidesz civic government can guarantee the preservation of family support, the minister in charge of families said in an interview published in Wednesday’s daily Magyar Nemzet.
Katalin Novák said living standards for the majority of Hungarians had improved, with the income of families with children up 13% last year. Novák said “the largest home-creation programme of all time” would be under way in January and thirteenth month pensions will be gradually reintroduced, while support for mothers raising children under six months old will increase from July. Personal tax exemption for mothers with at least four children was introduced in January, and once the epidemic is defeated and the economy has recovered, the exemption will be extended to mothers with three children, she said.
Commenting on pensioners, she said the government had increased the purchasing power of pensions by over ten percent. Further, current regulations that raise pensions by the rate of projected annual inflation guarantee “they will not be worse off than others”. “We are reintroducing thirteenth month pensions and there is also a pension premium which has been paid for the past three years.” she added.
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