Over VND71 trillion spent applying social welfare policies

Wednesday, 05/01/2022 17:05
(CPV) – In 2021, the central level and localities put aside VND71.482 trillion to implement support policies for nearly 742,000 labour users and over 42.8 million labourers and other groups of people.

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The figures were announced by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

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That was the results since the implementation of Resolution 68/NQ-CP with VND26 trillion in support, Resolution 116/NQ-CP with VND38 trillion, Resolution 126/NQ-CP and other decisions of the Prime Minister on realizing some policies supporting labourers and labour users affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In particular, 63 localities disbursed over VND33.564 in realization of Resolution 68/NQ-CP and Decision 23/2021/QD-TTg, supporting nearly 30.4 million people.

According to MOLISA, for the group of insurance policies, the total funding to support 3 insurance policies was VND5.438 trillion, supporting 375,857 employers and nearly 11.4 million employees. Specifically, the social insurance agency notified 375,000 employers with 11,238,000 employees entitled to a reduction in insurance premiums for occupational accidents and diseases from July 2021 to the end of June 2022 with a total amount of about VND4.322 trillion.

The policy of suspending contributions to the retirement and survivorship fund has been implemented in 58 of 63 provinces and cities for a total of 844 employers and 160,005 employees, with a total budget of over 1.112 trillion.

The social insurance agency certified 4,644 employees at 45 employers to apply for vocational training support. In 8 provinces and cities, 13 employers have been approved to support VND4.33 billion for vocational training and job maintenance for 1,252 workers.

For the group of monetary support policies, according to the report, the total cost of implementing the monetary support policy is over VND25.810 trillion (equivalent to 245% of the estimated plan), supporting over 18 million people.

For the group of loan policies, statistics from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies showed that 2,485 employers borrowed over VND 2.325 trillion to pay salaries for 605,711 employees. VND2.315 trillion was disbursed to support 2,474 employers to pay salaries for 603,050 employees.

Additionally, over 12.8 million labourers received over VND30.3 trillion from unemployment insurance./.

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