Citizen Income: This type of subsidy can collect up to $500,000 per month

From Saturday, April 29, the civil income program began, with which President Gustavo Petro will demand the government Affecting three million households in the country, with transfers of up to 500,000 pesos per month, among other benefits.

According to Cielo Rusinek, director of the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS), investment for Benefits to families in extreme poverty, Specifically linked to hunger would be about 7 billion pesos.

However, in this first phase, more than two million Colombian families will be its first beneficiaries. Resources will be distributed through the Agricultural Bank in a staggered manner by May 28 next.

The departments with the largest number of beneficiary households in this payment are Antioquia (169,817), Bolivar (156,032), Córdoba (137,555), Valle del Cauca (126,792), Atlántico (108,326), Santander (101,185) and Nariño (100,790). ,

These payments will be made through transfers, where various modes of delivery are available, such as: Through electronic transfers, credits to Banco Agrario savings accounts, expanded boxes, digital wallets, and transfers with various partners.

however, the Beneficiary will receive a notification by text message from Banco Agrario Where you should consult the document through that link to the designated collection point and if you have the bill and ID to claim.

Given this, Prosperidad Social enabled a search engine so that families can securely verify whether they are part of the program: check here, At the time of counseling, you must enter the document type, identification number, and date of issue.

Step by Step to Withdraw Subsidy

through an ATM

• To know the value of payment through ATMs of the Banco Agrario network, you must enter: https://consultagiros.bancoagrario.gov.co/ConsultaPagos/default.aspx
• A text message will come with information about the electronic draft issuance and password for making withdrawals.
• The password to withdraw money has a fixed validity and a maximum of three attempts to do so.
• You have to select ‘Cardless Withdrawal’ at Serbibanka ATM.
• Enter the password and spin value.
• Withdraw incentive amount.

Through Banco Agrario Account

• Anita, Banco Agrario’s virtual assistant, will contact the beneficiaries via WhatsApp with the number entered by them in the database.
• Enter the type and identification number.
• The date of issue and nationality will also be requested.
• Check the incentive amount and enter the value to withdraw.
• Anita will generate a password to complete the transaction.
• Withdraw money from the counter or ATM.

through a twist

• The beneficiary will receive a text message with a payment notification.
• To check the availability of the transfer, you must enter the following link: https://consultagiros.bancoagrario.gov.co/ConsultaPagos/Consulta.aspx
• Enter the type and identification number to view the specified payment point.
• Visit the indicated establishment with the original ID proof.
• Once the information is verified, the beneficiary will receive the incentive amount.

to take into account

The transition program will use a base of households registered in calls made by Social Prosperity for conditional programs in 2021 and 2022 and Indigenous households receiving conditional cash transfers by December 2022.

There are 2.9 million Sisben IV households and approximately 113,000 households from indigenous communities. Of these households, more than 1.6 million households are classified as corresponding to extreme poverty status, and about 1.2 million households are in moderate poverty.

To define the amount of transfer to households, the entity will take into account the composition of the household, classified by the Sisbén IV surveyRegional status of indigenous populations, victims of forced displacement (registered with SISBEN IV), and families.

Families must comply with commitments to guarantee the rights of children and adolescents, through assistance to health and education services, which will be verified. Supportive activities will be undertaken for families, with an emphasis on civilian income objectives.