Over 72,000 people who lost jobs and 51,000 self-employed receive state assistance during crisis
As of June 1, in total 104,818 self-employed people have registered to receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL ($94/€85) from the government of Georgia in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has already supported over 72,000 people who have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus crisis with more than 14 million GEL ($4.41 mln/€3.96 mln) in total, while it helped over 51,000 self-employed people with more than 15 million GEL ($4.72 mln/€4.24 mln) in total, said Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze.
She added that as of May, social support has already been fully distributed to families that have a rating score from the Social Service Agency between 65,000 - 100,000, and to families with children with disabilities and with many children.
Tikaradze said that applications for assistance will be received until July 1 and thus the government will support people gradually. She added that the commission will try to help people in a timely manner and without any interruption.
Based on the government’s coronavirus anti-crisis plan, people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus crisis or are on unpaid leave receive 1,200 GEL ($378/€339) over the course of six months, which is 200 GEL ($63/€57) per month.
In addition, based on the plan, people employed in the informal sector or self-employed individuals will receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL ($94/€85) if they can substantiate claims of job loss – the budget for this is 75 million GEL (about $23.6 mln/€21.2 mln).
As of June 1, in total 104,818 self-employed people have registered to receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL ($94/€85) from the government of Georgia in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
In total 57,443 self-employed people have registered in the last 10 days to receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL from the government of Georgia in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The registration of self-employed people on the website of the Ministry of Health of Georgia to receive one-time assistance from the state began on May 15.
The average monthly income of a household in Georgia was 1,175.3 GEL ($368.2/€337.8) in 2019, while it amounted to 336.1 GEL ($105.3/€96.6) per capita, shows the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Georgia will compensate people who lost their jobs while on leave due to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare or adoption of a child amid the coronavirus crisis.
The Georgian government will identify people who need help as a result of having lost jobs amid the state of emergency in Georgia. The government will determine who has lost the job in this period through the decreased amount of people who pay income taxes, said Vice Prime Minister Maia Tskitishvili earlier today.
As of now about 132,000 self-employed people have registered in total to receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL from the government of Georgia in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of beneficiaries eligible for 300 GEL in state support has increased and based on the changes Georgian citizens who are self-employed abroad will also benefit the state programme.
The average monthly nominal earnings in Georgia for men (1,352.4 GEL) were 46.3 per cent higher than for women (924.2 GEL) in the second quarter of 2020, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
About 100,000 people have lost their source of income in Georgia during the coronavirus pandemic, said Deputy Finance Minister Giorgi Kakauridze earlier today.
Georgian citizens who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic have been invited to participate in a new training and employment promotion programme launched today by Tbilisi City Hall.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated earlier today that state social assistance and social sustainability will be the main task of the Georgian government in 2021.