Aleksey Pesoshin visits the Republic’s Centre for Financial Assistance in the Privolzhsky district of Kazan

On June 8, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin together with Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Leila Fazleeva, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the republic Elmira Zaripova, Head of Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare in Tatarstan Marina Patyashina visited the Republic’s Centre for Financial Assistance in the Privolzhsky district of Kazan.

Pesoshin was shown a presentation of social support measures for citizens in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection and was told about the work on paying the benefits for children aged 3 to 7 years.

Zaripova said, in particular, that Tatarstan received 8 billion roubles from the federal budget to support families with children during the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

She also noted that more than 22.6 billion roubles are planned to be allocated for social support measures for residents of Tatarstan in 2020. The social benefits system includes 84 support measures, with every third rouble, which makes about 8.9 billion roubles in total, to be paid to families with children.

A meeting with employees of in-patient facilities, including psychiatric facilities, nursing homes, residential homes for children with mental disabilities from some regions of the republic, who are staying in, was held via videoconference.

Pesoshin congratulated social workers of the republic on their professional holiday - the Social Workers Day!

“The activities of the social protection sphere are very significant and constantly in demand by society. The quality of life of hundreds of thousands of Tatarstan citizens, their social well-being, confidence in the future depend on your professionalism, skills and personal qualities,” he said.