The concept of subsistence allowance no longer distinguishes between urban and rural "should be saved" is a matter of social security
The Ministry of Civil Affairs recently issued the "Measures for the Verification and Confirmation of Minimum Living Guarantees" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), which deleted the concepts of urban and rural minimum living guarantees. All relevant regulations no longer distinguish between urban and rural areas and are unified as the "Minimum Living Guarantee".
At a press conference held on July 28, the person in charge of the relevant department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that the "Measures" centered on the objective requirements of earnestly securing the bottom line of basic people’s livelihood security, appropriately expanding the scope of subsistence allowances, and guaranteeing minimum living standards. The review and confirmation process has been optimized and improved.
The minimum living guarantee is a basic system made by the party and the government to guarantee the basic livelihood of the people in need, and it is the core institutional arrangement in the social assistance system.
As early as 2012, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the "Measures for Examination and Approval of Minimum Living Guarantee (Trial)".
The formulation and promulgation of the "Measures" is not only a systematic upgrade of the "Measures for Examination and Approval of Minimum Living Guarantee (Trial)" in response to the current situation, but also to better protect the actual needs of the people in need.
There are many highlights in the "Measures". For example, the scope of subsistence allowances has been appropriately expanded. People who are seriously ill and severely disabled in marginal families of subsistence allowances can apply for subsistence allowances separately.
As everyone knows, Dibao applies for families as a unit. In the past, marginal families on Dibao generally did not meet the minimum living security conditions.
Nowadays, seriously ill and severely disabled persons in such families can apply for subsistence allowance alone, which is undoubtedly more humane care.
The "Measures" also deleted the concepts related to urban and rural subsistence allowances. All regulations no longer distinguish between urban and rural areas, and are unified as the "minimum subsistence allowance."
Although deleting the concept of urban and rural subsistence allowances does not completely bridge the differences between the two, this unified standard is still of practical significance because it is an important step in coordinating the urban and rural subsistence allowance system.
In this regard, the person in charge of the relevant department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs made it very clear: "Next, we will guide the localities to gradually reduce the urban-rural differences in the subsistence allowance work, and promote the coordinated development of the subsistence allowance system in urban and rural areas." Unswervingly accelerate the promotion of the subsistence allowance system in urban and rural areas. Overall planning is the need to meet the new requirements of the reform of the household registration system, it is also the need to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, and it is the need to practice people-oriented.
Accelerating the implementation of the subsistence allowance system for urban and rural overall planning is the time.
First, there are differences in the accuracy of the urban and rural subsistence allowances.
The latest data shows that the national minimum urban minimum living standard has reached 694 yuan per person per month, and the rural minimum subsistence standard reached 6150 yuan per person per year, an increase of 6.4% and 8.4% respectively over the same period of the previous year.
A little calculation shows that the gap between urban and rural subsistence allowances has a lot of room for co-ordination.
Secondly, the groups who eat subsistence allowances in our country are mainly concentrated in rural areas, and they need more attention and care.
According to statistics, as of the end of June 2021, there were 43.111 million urban and rural subsistence allowances nationwide, of which 7.731 million were urban subsistence allowances and 35.38 million were rural subsistence allowances.
Only by making greater strides in the overall planning of urban and rural areas, especially by increasing the "hematopoietic" function of subsistence allowance families, can their lives be improved.
Civil affairs work is related to the people's livelihood and connected with the people's aspirations. It is the foundational and basic work of social construction.
Regardless of increasing the protection of people’s livelihood, consolidating the basic living assistance system, or standardizing and perfecting the subsistence allowance system, it is the responsibility of the civil affairs department to include the people in difficulties who meet the conditions in the scope of the subsistence allowance. thing.
Especially at the moment, doing a good job in this area will not only help the needy people to safeguard their basic rights to life, but also help consolidate the achievements of social assistance to get rid of poverty.
People's livelihood is the biggest politics.
The country has continued to narrow the development gap between urban and rural areas for many years, allowing low-income populations and underdeveloped areas to share the fruits of development and staying behind and catching up in the modernization process.
Proceeding from reality, we will continue to focus our efforts on the construction of inclusive, basic and comprehensive people’s livelihood, continuously improve the ability and sharing level of public service co-construction, and weave a tightly anchored people’s livelihood "security net" to ensure that the people live and work in peace and contentment. The social order is stable and orderly, and we still have a lot of work to do.
Keep going, and the future can be expected.
Wang Shichuan Source: China Youth Daily