RMK Minister of Social Welfare Narineh Azatyan stated at a government session deliberating the 2009 Karabakh budget that benefits to families for the birth of their first and second child would rise to 100,000 drams per childbirth from the present 70,000. The minister added that a 500,000 benefit would be paid for the third child and 700,00 for the fourth. The construction of residential housing for families with six or more young children would also continue apace. As of January 1st, maternity and childbirth benefits for non-working mothers would increase by 20% to 138,000 drams. In addition benefits to one parent children would be doubled from 10,000 to 21,000 drams. Benefits to parentless children would rise to 30,000 drams from the present 20,000. Benefits to mothers rearing children up to the age of two would also increase to 12,000 drams from the present 4,500.