On the morning of the 30th, the government held an ad hoc cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Deok-soo at the Seoul Government Complex and deliberated and decided on the 62 trillion won second supplementary budget (additional budget) allocation plan.
This is the government's follow-up action following the passage of the supplementary budget bill at the plenary session of the National Assembly last night.
Earlier, President Yoon Seok-yeol presided over a cabinet meeting at the Yongsan government building on the 12th, two days after his inauguration, and passed the supplementary budget bill to the National Assembly.
At the National Assembly plenary session last night, the opposition and opposition parties reached an agreement on the largest-ever supplementary budget bill, an increase of 2.6 trillion won from the 59.4 trillion won the government submitted.
Small business owners and self-employed people who have suffered damage from COVID-19 will be able to receive compensation for losses of up to 10 million won starting this afternoon.
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