Beneficiaries eligible for 1,200 GEL in state support due to income loss amid coronavirus to increase
The Georgian government presented a coronavirus anti-crisis plan on April 24 in which it announced support for people who lost their jobs amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The number of people who will receive 1,200 GEL in state support due to having experienced a loss of income during the coronavirus pandemic has increased, says the Revenue Service.
People who have been on unpaid leave after May 2020 will receive 1,200 GEL (about $394.9/€352.5) over the course of six months. Before that people could receive this support only if they had received salary in at least one of the first three months of 2020 and they did not receive a salary afterwards.
Moreover, people who were working during one of the three following months in July-December 2019 and have not received salary until July 2020 will also benefit from state support.
Employers should provide information about employees by June 23. However, information about employees will be renewed automatically in the coming months.
The Georgian government presented a coronavirus anti-crisis plan on April 24 in which it announced support for people who lost their jobs amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Based on the plan, people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus crisis or are on unpaid leave will receive 1,200 GEL over the course of six months, which is 200 GEL per month. This assistance will apply to 350,000 citizens of Georgia. A total of 460 million GEL ($151.39 mln/€135.14 mln) has been allocated from the budget.
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.
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.
Georgia will spend 3.5 billion (about $1.10b/€1.02b) on its coronavirus anti-crisis plan, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced earlier today. "For now, the country will spend GEL 3.5 billion on managing the crisis, of which 1.035 billion GEL will be directed at social support of citizens, 2.11 billion GEL will be directed at the economy and entrepreneurs, while 350 million GEL will be spent on the health care of each citizen", Gakharia said.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia stated that the government will help people who have lost their jobs due to the state of emergency announced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
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.
More than half of over 1500 small and medium sized businesses surveyed in Georgia (53 per cent) say they will maintain their employees despite the coronavirus crisis, while 9 per cent of businesses forecast a decrease in their number of staff and 7 per cent expect an increase in employees, says the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Georgia continues to support its citizens amid the coronavirus pandemic.