Beneficiaries eligible for 300 GEL in state support due to self-employment to increase
Self-employed people who are working in Turkey amounted to 30,000 individuals in the Adjara region. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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 changes will help self-employed people abroad including people who pick tea in Turkey seasonally but could not work this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Self-employed people who are working in Turkey amounted to 30,000 individuals in the Adjara region.
A list of documents people who are self-employed abroad must submit will be announced soon.
When presented, the coronavirus anti-crisis plan in April Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said that people employed in the informal sector or the self-employed would receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL if they could substantiate claims of job loss – the budget for this is 75 million GEL.
In order to receive compensation, it is necessary to prove that the person was engaged in economic activities in the first quarter of 2020 and received an income from these activities.
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.
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 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.
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.
About 100,000 people have lost their source of income in Georgia during the coronavirus pandemic, said Deputy Finance Minister Giorgi Kakauridze earlier today.
Georgia continues to support its citizens amid the coronavirus pandemic.