2024-05-30 07:15:54
The federal government introduced a rise in monetary help for adults over 80 years of age who reside in excessive poverty and are a part of the Colombia Mayor program, managed by Prosperidad Social.
Almost 500,000 older adults all through the nation will start to obtain this monetary help from in the present day, Might 29, till June 13.
President Petro acknowledged that, though the pension reform has not but been authorised, the quantity of the switch for these over 80 years of age shall be elevated from 80 thousand pesos per thirty days to 225 thousand pesos per thirty days. “Even with out approving the pension reform, we’re going to improve the switch quantity for individuals over 80 years of age from 80 thousand pesos per thirty days to 225 thousand pesos per thirty days,” Petro stated.
The director of Social Prosperity, Gustavo Bolívar, defined that rising the quantity of transfers has a value of 597,000 million pesos. The full funding of the Colombia Mayor program in 2024 quantities to 2.3 trillion pesos. “If the pension reform is authorised, President Petro has stated that he’s dedicated to paying 225 thousand pesos to all our seniors: ladies from 54 years previous and males from 59 years previous,” Bolívar stated.
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Traits of the beneficiaries
The rise has a particular impression on ladies, who characterize greater than 56% of the beneficiary inhabitants, and on the peasantry, with greater than 111 thousand older adults who reside in rural areas. 20% of these over 80 years of age linked to this system are present in the principle cities of the nation, being the 5 with probably the most contributors: Cali (15,764 individuals), Medellín (13,887), Barranquilla (10,195), Bogotá (9,451) and Cúcuta (8,978).
78.4% of all seniors who will obtain the rise reside in city areas. Concerning the age vary, greater than 60% are between 80 and 85 years previous. A particular information from this system signifies that there are 3,102 individuals over 100 years of age characterised as beneficiaries.
In cities like Neiva, it’s important that beneficiaries current the unique ID doc when accumulating the subsidy. When you’ve got issues along with your fingerprint, you will need to instantly notify the SuChance operator to resolve the issue.
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