The UAE Ministry of Community Development (MoCD) has started receiving inflation allowance applications – part of the new social welfare programme unveiled by the leadership for low income citizens – from Tuesday, Hessa bint Essa Buhumaid, the minister of MoCD, said.
The minister also announced that the new social welfare programme will be rolled out in September 2022.
The welfare programme for the poor is in line with the UAE’s leadership’s vision to make the country one of the best countries in terms of supporting the community and quality of life.
Essa Buhumaid said the programme would cover a larger number of families.
The programme includes three key pillars to support low-income Emirati families – new welfare allocations, increase in allowances and the inflation allowance, which includes food, water, electricity and fuel subsidies, WAM reported.
According to MoCD, several categories of people and families will be eligible for social welfare, including families where the head of the family is aged over 25, retired, an elderly citizen or has health problems.
Families of prisoners, orphans and abandoned children will also be eligible for the economic support under the programme, provided their household incomes are lower than the social welfare value specified for the number of family members.
Widows and divorced women whose children are persons of determination, as well as unemployed individuals aged over 45, are also eligible for social welfare, it added.
The ministry said the value of social welfare will be calculated according to the number of family members and their eligibility for allowances.
The main eligible beneficiary will receive AED 5,000, the wife will receive AED3,500, the first son AED2,400, the second and the third AED1,600 each, and the fourth son AED800.
The allowances granted to children who are university students will be raised to AED 3,200 if they are enrolled in certain universities or have high academic scores.
Housing allowances will amount to AED 2,500, with an extra AED 2,000 ‘expertise allowance’ to be given to breadwinners and retired people.
Main beneficiaries who are aged over 45 and unemployed will receive a conditional social welfare sum of AED 2,000, which will increase by AED1,000 once every five years.
Besides, main beneficiaries who are seeking employment are eligible for an AED5,000 temporary allowance, with wife and children eligible for allowances as well.
Application submission process
The MoCD said the social welfare applications and related inquiries can be submitted through the ministry’s website – www.mocd.gov.ae – and smart application.
Registrations must be made using the UAE Pass or with the Emirates ID.
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