The People's Power and the government decided to reflect the contents of the budget for next year's budget, such as providing a 3 million won jump reserve to young people looking for jobs and raising the energy voucher for the low-income class by 50%.
The party government held a meeting related to next year's budget at the National Assembly on the morning of the 24th to gather opinions as such, said Seong Il-jong, chairman of the People's Power Policy Committee.
First of all, the party government has decided to reflect the budget to support the jump reserve of 3 million won when young people complete the job search program in relation to youth jobs.
In addition, for the disabled, the employment subsidy for the disabled will be increased and a new budget will be established to pay transportation expenses to the low-income disabled.
The party also decided to consider a 50% increase in energy vouchers for low-income households as a measure against high inflation.
A plan to more than double the number of recipients of discount coupons for livestock and fishery products next year to increase the number of recipients from the current 5.9 million to about 17 million was also included.
The party also decided to reflect the debt adjustment budget for 250,000 people in next year's budget to reduce the debt burden of small business owners and self-employed people.
In relation to flood damage countermeasures, a plan to include the design cost for creating a 'large-depth rainwater tunnel' in the city center in next year's budget has also been confirmed.
Provincial policy committee chairperson said, “Because of this flood, the deep rainwater tunnel is very important, and what Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon planned was abolished during the former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. "It was agreed to reflect the design cost of the large-scale rainwater tunnel in the budget," he said.
(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)