December is a month of exceptional support of 250 euros to 2.3 million citizens – low pensioners, uninsured senior citizens, recipients of disability benefits, long-term unemployed, recipients of a guaranteed minimum income and child benefit recipients. from oppa.
side by side, An exceptional aid of 600 euros will also be provided to uniformed members of the Hellenic Army. And the coast guard.
In particular, emergency assistance will be provided until December 20 and concerns:
– For pensioners whose monthly income reaches 600 and 800 euros, respectively.
Approximately 36,000 OPCA-uninsured seniors.
For about 174,000 beneficiaries of disability pensions.
– in 100,000 long-term unemployed.
-225,000 guaranteed minimum income beneficiaries will be given a double premium.
– 800,000 beneficiaries of the OPCA child benefit will be given an additional monthly and a half installment. The amount of assistance amounts to 105, 63 or 42 euros per child for the first and second child, depending on the amount of income, and 210, 126 or 84 for the third and for each subsequent child. Other new beneficiaries of the 2022 allowance are to be paid a similar exceptional premium, after their application has been approved.
The total financial cost, together with the corresponding one-time aid in April, exceeds 800 million euros.
While, On the 21st of the month the first increased installment of the heating allowance will be paid. The total cost of public finances, whether from appropriations or from heating oil subsidies, exceeds 500 million euros.
End, There will also be a one-time payment for all uniformed personnel of the Hellenic Armed Forces and Coast Guard. All employees in December will receive 600 euros per employee horizontally. The financial cost is estimated at 37 million euros.
At the same time, as the financial staff notes, A new “vault” of at least 600 million euros may exist in the first months of 2023, which will strengthen the fight against punctuality. This amount is expected to be collected from taxes on excess refinery profits.
Regarding how to allocate this particular fund, decisions are not finalized yet, however, according to the information, there are several scenarios. According to one of them, a new “accuracy check” is being considered, in addition to the “household basket”, mainly to strengthen the most vulnerable groups of the population. Depending on other scenarios, there could be a monthly intervention (eg 50 €), or a quarterly intervention every four months (from 150 to 200 €). The range of beneficiaries is also being considered, i.e. whether beneficiaries will be covered by Fuel Pass-2, or if the number will be reduced to about 1 million more vulnerable families.
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