Government Reaffirms $250 Monthly Increase For Social Assistance Grants

All recipients of the Senior Citizens’, Disability and Public Assistance grants will receive the promised 250-dollar monthly increase in financial support in the new year.

This was reiterated by Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Vandana Mohit, as she responded to questions during Day One of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament.

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“Member let me just state that no recipient will be affected. In addition to that, there are some challenges faced by the Ministry with the social welfare division and the data which I shared recently in terms of inaccurate information causing some wastage within the Division. Millions of dollars in wastage. We are cleaning up that in simple terms and as I indicated before we are trying to clear the backlog.”