Parents of disabled or deceased only children will now receive a monthly state compensation of 270 yuan and 340 yuan respectively, according to a document recently released by the Ministry of Finance and the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC). 

Under a rule incorporated into the one-child policy in 2008, couples that did not have a second child or legally adopt another child before the female spouse turned 49 were entitled to a monthly allowance in an effort to alleviate the financial pressure of everyday expenses, health care and more. The amount used to be 80 yuan for parents of a disabled child and 100 yuan for parents of a deceased child when the policy was first created. In 2012, the amounts increased to 110 yuan and 135 yuan per month respectively.

At the end of 2013, the NHFPC and other authorities decided to differentiate subsidies for urban and rural residents. Urban families with a disabled child were to receive 270 yuan, and those with a deceased child 340; rural resident in the same situations would get 150 and 170 yuan. Now the amount has gone up once again.