Georgia continues social support for citizens amid pandemic

Also, people who are involved in sectors which will be suspended for the next two months per today’s tightened coronavirus regulations, including markets, shopping malls, stores and retail business will receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 26 Nov 2020 - 17:49, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia continues to support its citizens amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The country will continue to give 200 GEL assistance for six months starting January 1 to citizens who lost their jobs after the coronavirus outbreak. 

Over 125,000 people have received this state support so far.

Also, people who are involved in sectors which will be suspended for the next two months per today’s tightened coronavirus regulations, including markets, shopping malls, stores and retail business will receive one-time assistance of 300 GEL.

About 120,000 self-employed people will receive 300 GEL assistance from the state and the state will help them to postpone loans in banks. Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia noted that 250,000 people have already benefited from the program.

Moreover, socially vulnerable families (with scores of 65,000 - 100,000), as well as those families with scores of up to 100,000 who have three or more children under the age of 16, will receive 100 GEL assistance every month for six months.

Also 100 GEL assistance will be available over the course of six months for people with disabilities under 18 and people with severe disabilities. This will apply to  43,000 individuals.