China News Service, May 8th. According to the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has recently issued a newly revised "Measures for the Identification of Specially Impoverished Persons" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures for Identification").
On the 8th, the Ministry of Civil Affairs published an interpretation article stating that the newly revised "Affirmation Measures" have improved the conditions for determining "no source of income".
The specific conditions for determining the "no source of livelihood" of the extremely poor are that their income should be lower than the local minimum living security standard, and the property shall comply with the local regulations on the property conditions of the extremely poor.
At the same time, the original expression "basic pensions in basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents" was standardized as "basic pensions for basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents determined by the central government."
According to reports, people living in extreme poverty are the most difficult and vulnerable group among the people in need, living with difficulties, helplessness, and no one to take care of.
It is an important responsibility of governments at all levels to ensure their basic living and care services.
In February 2016, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Improving the Assistance and Support System for Specially Impoverished People", unifying the rural five-guarantee support system and the urban "three noes" assistance system into the support and support system for the extremely poor.
In order to standardize the identification of extremely poor people, in October 2016, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the "Measures for the Identification of Extremely Impoverished Persons", which clearly stipulated the identification conditions, identification procedures, and assessment of the ability to take care of themselves.
In recent years, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, guided all localities to improve the qualifications for extremely poor people, regulated the identification of extremely poor people, and effectively included people in difficulties who meet the conditions in the scope of assistance and support, and achieved positive results.
As of the end of 2020, there were 4.776 million people in extreme poverty across the country.
Among them, 4.465 million were in rural areas and 311,000 in urban areas.
In April last year, the Central Office and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Reforming and Improving the Social Assistance System," which set clear requirements for improving the methods for identifying people in extreme poverty.
In order to conscientiously implement the spirit of the "Opinions" of the Two Offices, further improve the accessibility of the assistance and support system for the extremely poor, and include more qualified facts "three no persons" in the scope of assistance and support, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has made The “Opinions on the Relief and Support System”, based on the implementation of the system, carried out on-site investigations, and extensively listened to grassroots opinions and suggestions, revised the “Measures for Recognition” and issued it recently.
The newly revised "Assessment Measures" focus on special groups and the concerns of the masses. It focuses on appropriately relaxing the identification conditions for the extremely poor, and earnestly securing the bottom line of basic people’s livelihood security, focusing on identifying the extremely poor as being incapable of working and having no source of livelihood. , Part of the clauses involved in the inability to define the inability of the person or the legally obliged person to perform the obligation has been revised and improved.
The "Measures for Recognition" moderately expanded the types and levels of disabilities that are "incapable of working".
According to local practical exploration and actual needs, refer to the "Implementation Opinions of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Finance and the State Council's Poverty Alleviation Office on Effectively Doing a Good Job in Social Assistance in the Three-year Action for Poverty Alleviation" (Minfa [2018] No. 90) on severely disabled persons The revised “Measures for Identification” adds “third-level intellectual and mentally disabled persons, second-level intellectual and mentally disabled persons, and second-level intellectual and mentally disabled persons,” on the basis of the original identification of “first and second-level intellectual and mentally disabled persons, and first-level physical disabilities” as incapable of working. Grade 1 physically disabled and first-grade visually disabled” stipulates that the above-mentioned disabled persons shall be deemed as incapable of working.
The "Recognition Measures" perfected the conditions for the recognition of "no source of livelihood".
The specific conditions for determining the "no source of livelihood" of the extremely poor are that their income should be lower than the local minimum living security standard, and the property shall comply with the local regulations on the property conditions of the extremely poor.
According to the relevant documents, the revised "Recognition Measures" clarified that preferential treatment pensions are not included in the applicant's income.
At the same time, the original expression "basic pensions in basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents" was standardized as "basic pensions for basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents determined by the central government."
The "Recognition Measures" moderately relaxes the conditions for determining "the legally obligor is incapable of performing obligations".
In order to effectively solve the problems of "relying on the elderly to support the disabled" and "multiple disabled in one household" among families in difficult localities, the revised "Measures for Recognition" appropriately expanded the "statutory support and support obligors' inability to perform their obligations". The scope of recognition.
On the basis of the original scope of identification, it is clearly stipulated that their income is lower than the local per capita disposable income of the previous year, and the property meets the local low-income family property status regulations for the elderly over 70 years old, as well as the severely disabled and the third-level disability Intellectual and mentally handicapped persons shall be deemed to be incapable of performing obligations.
The "Measures for Recognition" moderately relaxes the coverage of minors by the assistance and support system for extremely poor people.
In order to implement the "Opinions on Reforming and Improving the Social Assistance System" of the Central Office and the State Council, "Extend the age of minors covered by special hardship assistance and support from 16 to 18 years of age", and effectively solve the problem that minors in special hardship personnel reach the age of The life difficulties faced after the age of 16 are to protect the basic life rights of minors. The revised "Determination Measures" clarify that "minors among the extremely poor can continue to enjoy assistance and support until the age of 18"; at the same time, it stipulates that "years Those who have reached the age of 18 and are still receiving compulsory education or studying in ordinary high schools or secondary vocational schools can continue to enjoy assistance and support."
In addition, the revised "Affirmation Measures" reduced the time limit for investigation and verification and verification and confirmation from 20 working days to 15 working days, and encouraged places with conditions to delegate the power of verification and confirmation to township people's governments (sub-district offices). Further simplify and optimize the identification procedures, shorten the processing time limit, and ensure that the people in need can obtain assistance in a timely and convenient manner.
In the next step, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will take the opportunity of implementing the newly revised "Recognition Measures" to promote the implementation of social assistance policies such as the assistance and support of the extremely poor to the grassroots level, and send the care and warmth of the Party Central Committee to the hearts and minds of the needy people and guide them. The broad masses are grateful to the party, listen to the party, and follow the party.