Monday, December 9, 2019
The heavily criticised Universal Credit system will be shaken up in the new year, along with other changes to benefits. The Department for Work and Pensions' freeze on benefits will end in April 2020, as previously revealed, and according to The Mirror...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
SAO PAULO — The Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday to an overhaul of Brazil’s pension system, capping years of stalled efforts to sway public opinion and rein in unsustainable government spending on retirement. The Senate voted 60-19 to...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
A new round of a one-off living subsidy was the centrepiece of a raft of welfare measures that Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor unveiled in her third policy address aimed mainly at helping the city’s poor cope with high property...
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Asia, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
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Thursday, November 22, 2018
People receiving disability support from the Ontario government will be able to keep more of the money they earn as part of the province’s overhaul of social assistance, but critics say it will be harder to qualify for help.
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Monday, October 1, 2018
Food cards, disability grants and pensions are set to be increased on the first day of the new year. During the presentation of the 2018-2019 budget, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said food cards will increase by $100. Households with one to three people...
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America, Trinidad and Tobago
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Cases of as many as 164,360 applicants in Kashmir await social welfare department’s clearance that will make them eligible for financial assistance under various social security schemes. In the past two days, government struck 8449 ineligible persons off...
Thursday, August 10, 2017
The government will expand its state welfare subsidy program for some 890,000 people in the lowest income bracket beginning next year. The ministry will help about 930,000 such elderly with daily expenses, housing and medical expenses over the next three...
Saturday, August 20, 2016
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) introduced by the Government of India on Independence Day 1995 is a fully funded Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The NSAP has been introduced targeting the destitute, defined as any person who has little or no...