Maternity benefits are one of the most popular requests of Kazakhstanis
One of the most popular requests for social benefits in Kazakhstan is the issues of registration and receipt of maternity benefits. This is especially true when the first child appears in the family. A lot of requests on this topic are received by the contact center for the social and labor sphere of the State Corporation "Government for Citizens". The share of consultations on this issue is about 20% of all appeals on pension and social security issues. Almaty is the leader among the regions on this issue (13.7%), Turkestan (11.5%), Mangystau (9.7%), Almaty (9.6%) regions are located below, and Nur-Sultan city closes the TOP 5 regions (9.2%). Less interested in maternity benefits are asked in the North-Kazakhstan (0.7%), Kostanay (2.2%) and Pavlodar (2.6%) regions. The contact center provides consultations in the following areas: pension, social security and social insurance, labor relations and employment of the population, monthly allowance for large families, targeted social assistance, early withdrawal of pension savings from the UAPF and other issues. During the consultation, the specialists of the contact center use the information systems of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan - "E–Layout", "Centralized database of recipients of pensions and benefits". Every day, 60 contact center operators receive and process from 3 to 5 thousand customer requests. To ensure the availability of information to the public on the official Telegram channel, as well as on the social networks Instagram, Facebook, the official website, the State Corporation "The Government for Citizens continues to publish answers to frequently asked questions concerning pension and social security.