First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Tambov

First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the office the Pension Fund in the Tambov region on Wednesday.
He familiarised himself with the document processing procedure, including the so-called maternity capital certificates, which are issued to all mothers who have two or more children.
Medvedev inquired about the birth rate in the region and the procedure for issuing the maternity capital certificates. In Russia n average, the document is issued within a month. In the Pension Fund’s office of the Tambov region, which has modern computer equipment, this procedure takes 15 days.
The staff told Medvedev about the social programmes implemented by the Fund, including aid to senior citizens’ homes and specialised medical institutions.