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Which of the following countries during 2019 provided lifetime personal tax exemption to women with four children?

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Demographic policies in many European countries are increasingly aimed at countering aging populations through incentives for higher birth rates.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • India
  • Hungary
  • Norway
  • Finland
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The Correct Option is B

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This question is about a country level population policy from 2019. Three of the four options can be set aside as a group first, then the real answer can be confirmed on its own.

India, Norway and Finland all run family welfare or parental leave programmes, but in none of these countries is a woman's income tax waived for life simply because she has four children. So these three options fail on the same ground, no permanent tax exemption tied to child count exists in their policy frameworks.

Hungary is different. To fight a falling birth rate, the Hungarian government rolled out a family support package in 2019 that gave women with four or more children a lifetime exemption from personal income tax, on top of housing subsidies and preferential loans. This is a direct match for what the question describes.

So the correct answer is Hungary.

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Hungary had been recording one of the lowest fertility rates in the European Union through the 2010s, and its government used its 2019 budget announcement to respond directly with a tax based incentive rather than a cash handout.

  1. India: maternity benefit laws and state cash transfer schemes exist, but a lifetime tax exemption for mothers of four was never part of any Indian policy announcement in 2019.
  2. Hungary: the government's 2019 family protection action plan waived personal income tax for the rest of their lives for any woman raising four or more children, alongside subsidised loans for larger families and support toward buying a bigger car. This is the exact match for the policy in the question.
  3. Norway: known for long paid parental leave and child allowances, but these benefits are periodic payments, not a permanent tax waiver keyed to having four children.
  4. Finland: associated with the maternity box given to expecting parents and strong parental leave, neither of which involves any income tax exemption.

Weighing the four against the specific 2019 tax announcement, only Hungary fits.

Therefore, the correct answer is Hungary.

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