With a view to reinforcing one of the best strategies that the National Government has to guarantee the protection of older adults in the country, the Department for Social Prosperity announced that in the next few days it will begin The first cycle of payments in Colombia Mayor, a strategy that would grow with pension reform.
As explained by the entity director, Gustavo Bolívar Moreno, the beginning of cycle 1 by 2025 is already ready and has the necessary budgetary availability, so the participants will receive the transfer between February 21 and March 6, 2025 .
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In this cycle, 1,637,771 program beneficiaries will receive the resources and the entity will invest more than $ 213,000 million in this delivery. Bolívar said that this year the entity “will continue with the commitment and work for the well -being and development of The most vulnerable populations in the country, especially of the beneficiaries of Colombia Mayor ”.
Thus, the total beneficiaries with a scheduled turn for this first cycle of 2025, 491,577 are over 80 years old, so they will receive a differentiated payment of $ 225,000. This margin, both in value and coverage, could increase once between governing the pension reform that was approved last year.
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“The operation of the payments is in charge of Supergiros and its allies. All participants will be sent a text message with the information on the dates on which the money and the amount to be received will be available, ”they said in the DPS.
Meanwhile, Social Prosperity invited the beneficiaries to update their contact data, a task for which you can communicate to free attention lines in Bogotá: 6013794840; from the rest of the country, to 01 8000 95 1100; o through the program links in the municipal mayors.
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“The tenth cycle of payments in Colombia Mayor was held from December 20 to January 7. More than 1.6 million older adults in the country received the transfer, also through the supergiros payments operator and its allies. At the end of the payment period, the program achieved an effectiveness of 94%, ”said Gustavo Bolívar.
That said, they closed highlighting that “with the measures that the National Government has implemented, headed by President Gustavo Petro, economic protection was increased to older people in extreme poverty beneficiaries of the Colombia Mayor program.”
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Can you lose help?
In accordance with social prosperity normsthe beneficiaries of the Colombia Mayor program can lose the subsidy if they stop meeting the established requirements, the death of the beneficiary (not inheritable) is recorded, the falsehood in the information provided or any fraud attempt to conserve the subsidy is proven.
Likewise, those who begin to receive a pension or receive an income higher than that established in current regulations will also be excluded from the program. Other reasons to lose the subsidy include receiving another economic benefit for old age that, added to that of Colombia Mayor, exceeds half a monthly minimum wage.
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Finally, the begged begged as a productive activity, the transfer to another municipality or district, the lack of consecutive collection in four scheduled turns (or two in municipalities of bimonthly payment) is also considered causal) and the voluntary decision of the beneficiary to withdraw from the program.
