BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 20. Beginning subsequent
12 months, the eligibility standards for social help in Azerbaijan
will improve from 270 to 285 manat ($158.8-$167.6), Azerbaijani MP
Vugar Bayramov shared in a put up on his Fb web page, Development studies.
This adjustment is important as it should increase the month-to-month
quantity of focused social help and broaden entry to the
program, he identified.
Bayramov famous that the rise within the eligibility threshold
would result in larger social help funds for residents beneath
the focused social help program within the coming 12 months.
“On the identical time, extra households will be capable to apply for
focused social help because the eligibility standards develop.
For readability: In a household of 5, with an official month-to-month
earnings of 900 manat ($529.4), the eligibility threshold for this
12 months is calculated at 1,350 manat ($794.1) [5 people x 270 manat
($158.8)]. This implies their whole bills are 1,350 manat
($794.1), whereas the household’s earnings is 900 manat ($529.4), leaving
a shortfall of 450 manat ($264.7). If the household qualifies for
focused social help, they’ll obtain 450 manat ($264.7) per
month beneath this system. Nonetheless, beginning subsequent 12 months, this quantity
will improve. The eligibility threshold for this household will rise
to 1,425 manat ($838.2) [5 people x 285 manat ($167.6)], and as a
outcome, the household will obtain 525 manat ($308.8) per thirty days [1,425
manat ($838.2) – 900 manat ($529.4)].
Then again, beginning 2025, it will be extra sensible to
abolish the need-based standards and undertake the minimal subsistence
stage as the only customary for social help. At the moment,
utilizing the minimal subsistence stage because the criterion for the
focused social help program can be extra applicable,” the
publication reads.
