114,000 people with disabilities, pensioners to receive increased social package
The children with severe disabilities under age of 18 will also receive social package increased by 20 GEL. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Tweet 
Share
Pension and social packages have increased starting from today. 114,000 people with disabilities and pensioners will receive the increased social package by 20 GEL [$6.18].
The children with severe disabilities under age of 18 will also receive social package increased by 20 GEL. The annual amount allocated from state budget for such children is 35 million GEL ($12,211,716).
Starting from today pensioners will also receive their pension increased by 20 GEL.
The pensions and social packages will also increase by additional 30 GEL [$9.2] for persons above 70 and children with severe disabilities under 18.
The pensioners living in the mountainous regions will get 246 GEL instead of 220 and those who are above 70, will receive 300 GEL starting July 1, 2020.
From December 2015 the Georgian Government started to improve the living conditions of those living in Georgia’s high mountain regions, primarily the elderly who struggled financially.
By injecting more money into the development of these mountain areas, the Government aimed to increase financial opportunities for residents and reduce migration from rural areas to the city.
This month, the employed in Georgia will transfer money to the country’s pension savings system for the first time, as it was launched on January 1, 2019. Starting from January 1, 2019 the accumulated pension system is mandatory for legally employed people under 40, meaning they will be enrolled automatically.
About 35,000 people in Georgia will receive increases pension from today following the Government’s pledge to allocate an additional 90 million GEL y/y for Georgia’s retired community and disabled persons.
The Government of Georgia has revealed how it plans to tackle major social issues and better support the country’s vulnerable population.
Children with disabilities and special needs living in Georgia will receive increased financial aid and special services for the next year.
The European Georgia opposition party has urged the government to suspend mandatory pension contributions for eight months due to the situation created by Covid-19 virus.
Georgia intends to begin indexing pensions to inflation and economic growth, says Georgian Finance Minister Ivane Matchavariani earlier today.
People above 70 years will receive an increased pension starting July 1, 2020, with monthly pensions increasing by 30 GEL ($9.84/€8.63) to 250 GEL ($81.97/€71.95).
Independent majoritarian candidate for Didube-Chugureti Ana Dolidze and pensioners have held a ‘corridor of shame’ rally in front of the National Bank of Georgia, protesting that about 400,000 pensioners out of the more than 750,000 in the country have what they say are very expensive loans taken out from Liberty Bank.
Pensions have increased in Georgia starting January 1, 2021, says the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that the budget for social rehabilitation and childcare is increasing annually, noting that it is expected to reach 52 million GEL in 2022. "This means that the geographical availability of social services and the funding of various new services will increase,” Garibashvili said.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, on Wednesday said the country’s legislative body was marking this year’s Day of Protection of Rights of the People with Disabilities on the back of “important decisions” made over the recent years to “assert the rights” of disabled individuals across the country.