Victoria Tolosa Paz announced “measures that seek social protection for the most vulnerable sectors of Argentina”

After the measures announced by Sergio Massa, the Minister of Social Development, Victoria Tolosa Paz, detailed the “measures that seek social protection for the most vulnerable sectors of Argentina.” The official indicated that the Food Card will have “a one-time reinforcement in two monthly installments for each family according to the number of boys and girls living in the home.” According to the information, they will be amounts of $ 10,000 for families with one child, $ 17,000 for two children and $ 23,000 for three or more children; In all cases they will be paid in two installments between September and October. This reinforcement is granted “maintaining the conviction that the Food Card has to closely monitor access to the basic food basket.” For the Empower Work program, “the most important labor inclusion measure we have and that reaches one million three hundred thousand households,” according to the minister, will have “20 thousand pesos as extraordinary reinforcement in two installments to be paid in September and October, that is, 10 thousand pesos each month. ” In addition, the productive monotributo will be implemented, a “tax modification to achieve the inclusion and labor registration of those sectors that work in the popular economy and are called informal workers,” said Tolosa Paz.La minister also announced that there will be a “reinforcement in community canteens,” which will imply an increase of “35% of the program items that transfers an annual amount to civil society organizations, churches of all faiths and institutions of the country.”

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