From the month of August and until the end of the remainder of 2022, the beneficiaries of the Solidarity Income in Colombia they will receive the increase in the amount they receive, in accordance with the conditions in a new differential payment scheme made official by the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS). However, the State itself would have issued a warning, as can be rescued from some Colombian media such as El Portafolio.
Colombia, like its Latin American peers, has been offering social benefits to its population in a situation of vulnerability as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other social, political, and economic crises that afflict the country and the world. In this note we will explain how much is the increase in the amount of the Solidarity Income of Colombia and what would be the warning announced by the Government.
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HOW MUCH WILL BE THE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF THE SOLIDARITY INCOME
As advertised in some media Colombiansthe amounts of Solidarity Income of Colombia have suffered a slight variation according to the differential payment scheme of the Department of Social Prosperity.
According to information released by the media Colombianslike El Portafolio, payout increases will be split as follows:
- If the beneficiary’s SISBEN classification is A and there is only one member in the household, they will receive $420,000 instead of $400,000.
- If the beneficiary’s SISBÉN classification is A, but they have at least two members in the household, they will receive $435,000 instead of $400,000.
- If the beneficiary’s SISBÉN classification is B and there is only one member in the household, they will receive $410,000 instead of $400,000.
- If the beneficiary’s SISBÉN classification is B, but he has at least two members in the household, he will receive $420,000 instead of $400,000.
- If the beneficiary remains in SISBEN classification C, he will continue to receive $400,000 pesos.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WARNED ABOUT THIS INCREASE
Society’s demand colombian pushed the government to increase the amount of the Solidarity Incomeas some media experts have pointed out Colombia.
This has also generated the opinion of the Department of Social Prosperity, the entity in charge of administering the Government’s social benefits Colombian.
That is why Pierre García, director of the Department of Social Prosperity, indicated that, although the increase in this subsidy is being carried out, “the resources would be exhausted, a situation that was already shared with the new Government’s splicing team that will decide the future of this program”, cites El Portafolio de Colombia.
WHAT IS SOLIDARITY INCOME 2022 IN COLOMBIA
Solidarity Income initially it was designed to operate for the benefit of those most in need of Colombia. Thanks to the Social Investment Law approved by Congress Colombianand sanctioned by former President Iván Duque, Social Prosperity will run the program until 2022. For this reason, the Social Investment Law increases the coverage of the program, going from 3 million to 4 million 85 thousand beneficiary households, starting in March and April 2022.
The program will prioritize households registered as living in extreme poverty in SISBÉN IV (Group A). This targeting will allow at least 30% of the households that enter to be women. 64.13% of households that already receive the cash transfer are represented by women heads of household.
