The Solidarity Income Program It is an economic support from the National Government to households in conditions of poverty, extreme poverty and in conditions of economic vulnerability, whose purpose is to mitigate in that population the impacts derived from the emergency caused by COVID-19. However, andn November 2022, President Gustavo Petroin the middle of a press conference, he assured that the program would cease to exist, because the Government did not contemplate it for this 2023. “The program of Solidarity Incomewhich Duque created in times of pandemic and which ends this December 31we are going to transform it into what is left of the year, in such a way that a mother head of the family, single mother of boys and girls, can receive 500,000 pesos per month”, said the president.
“The subsidy had been given in the framework of the pandemic to mitigate effects. There were limited resources that we did not have and the previous government left it available until December 31, 2022. That is the only transfer that ends”, was what was mentioned by the director of Social Prosperity, sky rusinque.
In accordance with Article 20 of Law 2155 of 2021, the last payment for both banked and unbanked beneficiaries was scheduled for the month of November – December. People who have not been able to claim their drafts they should contact the DPS through their service channels. “From December 7 to 30, 2022, the delivery corresponding to payments 32 and 33 of the Solidarity Income program was made. If you have pending payments to withdraw, we suggest you pay attention to our service channels”, reported the Department of Social Prosperity in its official media.
New 500 Bonus
On December 7, 2022, The bonus of 500,000 pesos began to be delivered to the households that were part of group A of Sisbén IV, which did not receive any help from the State. In addition, of the beneficiaries of Solidarity Income belonging to group A of Sisbén IV who were not banked, while in the case of those who were banked, the payment began after December 15.
This new economic aid from the National Government is called Shock Plan against Hunger, a project whose purpose is to promote the food sovereignty of the country to families that present some condition of vulnerability. With this initiative, social prosperity It seeks to carry out peasant markets and the assistance of the beneficiaries subject to its productive inclusion programs. The purpose of these markets is to create community pots that serve as educational activities that inform about nutrition and healthy habits..