▲ Citizens lined up in front of a pharmacy downtown in Jeonju to purchase masks


Jeonbuk Jeonju City pays basic disaster income to vulnerable groups to overcome coronavirus infection-19 (corona19).

It is the first local government in the country.

The Jeonju City Council held a total of 55.857 billion won, including 263.55 billion won in 'Emergency Basic Stabilization for Emergency Life Stabilization', organized by Jeonju City to overcome the Corona 19 early meeting at the 368th temporary meeting held on the 13th. Has increased and passed the urgent additional correction budget.

The city council's Preliminary Settlement Committee increased the subsidies originally established by the city to 500,000 won per person, to 52,158 won, an increase of 27,000 won in accordance with the 'National Basic Living Security Act'.

Disaster basic income support is in accordance with the Ordinance for Supporting the Stabilization of Living for Low-Income Residents in Jeonju City.

The target audience is about 50,000 people including unemployed and non-regular workers, and will be supported in April in the form of a local bank check card and must be used in Jeonju within 3 months.

Small businesses, recipients of unemployment benefits, and those eligible for the government's supplementary budget are excluded.

The city decided to form a Task Force (TF) in which related organizations such as the Health Insurance Corporation and local banks participated in order to more systematically support disaster basic income.

TF proceeds with follow-up procedures such as eligibility requirements and screening and filing methods.

Jeonju City also invests 27.8 billion won, including 14 billion won in fertilization, to support small business owners who are experiencing severe business difficulties.

Although the sales decreased to revitalize the local economy, it is intended to support small-scale small and medium-sized businessmen, who are struggling with fixed expenditures, such as labor costs, by providing 600,000 won (13.4 billion won) for each utility bill, including electricity bills, to Jeonbuk Province.

In addition, among the four major social insurance premiums, the company invested 9.2 billion won to support for 10 months within the limit of 100,000 won per person per month, and organized 2.5 billion won in the tourism industry, which was hit hard by Corona 19.

Along with this, the special guarantee (12.25 billion won) of small and medium-sized businessmen who lacked creditworthiness or collateral power and poor financial condition by spending 2.75 billion won, and the interest preservation for converting the stepping stone (500 million won), the Small and Medium Business Development Fund (1 billion won) Won) and also decided to support the management stability fund.

The budget required for support of equipment for screening clinics, quarantine supplies for welfare facilities, emergency measures for infectious diseases, support for disinfection labor, expansion of equipment for sound pressure facilities, and support for book sterilizers are also included.

Mayor Kim Seung-soo said, "I hope that (basic disaster) will help low-income people who are suffering from the economic crisis and are excluded from government support.

In addition, he added, "Even if we can't lay a road, we will push ahead with the economic and economic measures to overcome the Corona 19 crisis early so that people who are in declining income, such as non-regular workers, live part-time jobs, and surrogate drivers, will not let go of their lives." The.

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