Dubai – Masaader News
Hungary will offer mothers who have at least four children a lifetime exemption from income tax in a bid to boost birth rates, the nation’s anti-immigration prime minister has announced, according to Independent.
Orban said the measures were being introduced to reverse population decline without relying on new migrants coming to the country.
Making his state of the nation address on Sunday, Mr Orban revealed the government would offer a range of benefits, including a subsidy of 2.5m forints (£6,850) towards seven-seater vehicles for families with three or more children.
Women under the age of 40 who are marrying for the first time would be eligible for a low-interest loan of 10m forints (£28,000).
Mr Orban, who has made his “zero tolerance” stance on immigration a key policy in recent years, said the initiative was designed to “ensure the survival of the Hungarian nation”.