The Agrarian Bank will be the entity in charge of making the transfers of the Government program ‘Transit to Citizen Income’which will grant a $500,000 subsidy for millions of families in the country, while the National Development Plan, which contemplates new aid.
(The dates of the Citizen Income draft and how to know if you are a beneficiary).
the director of social prosperityCielo Rusinque, made the announcement of this alliance, with which they expect to deliver the payments of the program in 1,108 municipalities and corregimientos of Colombia, including three indigenous councils.
“I am pleased to report that today we signed the agreement with Banco Agrario to be the operator in charge of transferring the Transit program to Renta Ciudadana (…) Another great advance in the efforts to reduce poverty in the Government of Change”wrote Rusinque, through his social networks.
I am pleased to report that today we signed the agreement with @Agrarian Bank to be the operator in charge of the transfer of the Transit program to Citizen Income.
Another great advance in the bets for the reduction of poverty in the Government of Change.
— Cielo Rusinque Urrego ???? (@cielo_rusinque) April 14, 2023
According to figures provided by government spokesmen, more than three million people will benefit from this initiative.
On the official website of the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS) Reference is made that the transition will start from the database of families registered in the 2021 and 2022 calls by classification to Sisbén IV.
The Government will increase the amounts assigned to people residing in the 466 municipalities of the country who have a high or very high prevalence of child malnutrition.
(How to find out if you are a beneficiary of the Citizen Income subsidy).
The beneficiaries will have a network of 10,153 banking correspondents, which allows access in 1,064 municipalities. The entity has 816 ATMs installed in the branch network and 1,352 ATMs from partner networks.
As a complement to the delivery of the transfer, the beneficiaries of the program will be able to access a wide range of products and services for small agricultural producers and rural and urban microfinance, such as: loans for young people with an agricultural project; small, medium and large producers; people with income-generating activities, employees, pensioners, independent and natural persons from strata 1, 2 and 3.
The Transit to Citizen Income is a program that Social Prosperity implements this year to guarantee a decent income, of up to 500,000 pesos per month, to more than 3.3 million families in extreme poverty, moderate poverty and vulnerability. It is a historic initiative that serves as a starting point for overcoming poverty. The entity goes from allocating 1.9 trillion pesos in conditional monetary transfers to nearly 7 trillion pesos, and from benefiting 1.9 million homes to 3.3 million. It will favor mothers who are heads of households with children or adolescents in their care.
(Citizen Income: how this subsidy will work and who will benefit).
How do you know if you are a beneficiary?
1. Enter the official page of Social Prosperity and click on ‘Register’.
2. If you already have a registration, it will be necessary to log in to the Digital Citizen Authentication Service.
3. Once in the portal, you must enter the option ‘Consult drafts and benefits’, and it will appear on the screen whether or not you are one of the beneficiaries of the program.
It is worth clarifying that the first payment of Citizen Income is scheduled for April 2023. After these, the amount will be consigned to the beneficiaries in an interval of two months, that is, it will be consigned again in June, August, October, and December.
