The government and the ruling party have decided to expand support for the working class by increasing the support for youth in the budget for next year, as well as support for the disabled and low-income families.
The government held a meeting this morning at the National Assembly to organize the budget for next year and decided to reflect the budget to support a 3 million won jump reserve if young people preparing for employment complete the job search program.
In addition, it was decided to raise the employment subsidy for the disabled by 10% from a maximum of KRW 800,000, and to establish a new budget to provide transportation expenses of KRW 50,000 to low-income persons with disabilities.
The party also decided to consider a 50% increase in energy vouchers for low-income households in order to reduce the suffering and burden of low-income people due to high prices.
It is decided to more than double the number of recipients of discount coupons for livestock and fishery products from the current 5.9 million to 17 million.
In addition, the party government decided to reflect the debt adjustment budget for 250,000 people in the budget for next year in order to reduce the debt burden of small business owners and the self-employed.
Regarding flood damage countermeasures, it is decided to include the design cost for creating a large-depth rainwater tunnel in the city center in next year’s budget.
Immediately following the party-government consultation, Seong Il-jong, chairman of the People’s Power Policy Committee, said, “As it has been proven that deep rainwater tunnels are very important due to this flood, and that damage to downtown areas can be quite large, especially in the era of climate change, it is necessary to reflect the design cost of the large-depth rainwater tunnel in next year’s budget. agreed to,” he said.