The expert reported on the possibility of transferring child benefits by the Social Fund at the end of April.

The Social Fund of Russia may transfer child allowances for May at the end of April. This was announced on April 29 by Igor Balynin, an associate professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

"The single benefit is usually paid on the 3rd (May. — Ed.), then due to holidays and weekends, the payment will be transferred even before them – on April 29 or 30," Balynin explained in an interview with RIA Novosti.

It is noted that the Social Fund will transfer funds ahead of schedule to those families who have chosen non-cash payment through the bank.

Pensions, salaries, child allowances: the payment schedule for May has been published

Payments will be received at the end of April.

Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, recalled the early transfer of a single allowance in connection with the May holidays on April 27. The deputy clarified that families with almost 10 million children receive a single allowance in Russia. According to her, the postponement of the transfer date is related to the general rule of payments before weekends and holidays.