Pensioners of highland areas to receive 300 GEL pension starting July 2020
People living in mountainous areas have benefits in paying electricity bills, additional salary benefits for teachers and doctors, and financial assistance for childbirth for up to one year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian pensioners older than 70 years old and who reside in the country’s highland areas will be paid a pension of 263 GEL ($90.41/€81.65) from January 1, 2020 and of 300 GEL ($103.13/€93.14) from July 1, 2020, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a presentation held on the occasion of International Mountain Day earlier today.
Gakharia said that the Georgian government is carrying out different activities to improve the living conditions of people living in highland areas.
People living in mountainous areas have benefits in paying electricity bills, additional salary benefits for teachers and doctors, and financial assistance for childbirth for up to one year.
The focus on mountainous regions will be doubled…Highland areas need to become sustainable, an economy should emerge there, new companies should be created which will serve the whole country and will have export potential,” said Gakharia.
Gakharia noted that Georgian mountains have a huge potential for tourism. He added that locations like Mestia, Kazbegi, Ushguli and Truso should be seen by not only every Georgian citizen but also by the whole world.
People living in the village of Bakhmaro in Guria region of Georgia will soon get benefits guaranteed by the Mountain Law, announces the government of Georgia.
Georgian businesses located in highland areas now will have the right to sell their goods not only in highland areas, but also in the whole territory of Georgia and will also be able to export their goods outside the county without losing their “highland business” status and thus without canceling their preferential tax status, announced the Ministry of Finance.
The Hub for Healthy Gastronomy and Organic Products in the Mountains (GRETA Hub) has launched in Tsageri, a small mountainous town in western Georgia’s Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region.
A total of 28 projects have been completed in six Georgian municipalities through a government programme that aims supporting rural development.
People living in highland villages near the occupation line between Georgia and its Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) will soon get benefits granted by the Mountain Law, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at today's government meeting.
The European Union, Sweden and Austria have allocated €1.16 million under the Local Development Initiative (LDI) to support the organic agriculture sector of Georgia.
Georgian citizens above 70 years will receive an increased pension starting today with monthly pensions increasing by 30 GEL ($9.8/€8.8) to 250 GEL ($81.8/€72.9), announces the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia.
In total 59 settlements, including 19 across the occupation line, will receive highland status in Georgia, which will benefit about 26,000 inhabitants with improved social conditions, announced Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia at today's government meeting.
The villages of Odzisi (a village on the occupation line) and Prezeti in Georgia’s eastern region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti will receive highland status, which will benefit about 1,200 inhabitants with improved social conditions, announced Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze.