President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) sanctioned this Wednesday (22) a bill with the opening of special credit to pay for gas assistance in December.
The measure was approved in Congress last Friday (17) and the sanction was published in an extra edition of the Diário Oficial da União on Wednesday.
In the year, the average price of a 13-kilogram cylinder rose by more than 30%. The scenario has been leading low-income families to opt for firewood or charcoal for cooking.
The project, approved in symbolic voting in the two Houses, opens a credit of R$ 300 million to fund the aid this year.
Next year, the resources to fund the program are already included in the 2022 Budget, approved this week. The program is valid for five years.
According to Palácio do Planalto, the benefit is expected to reach more than 5 million low-income families.
The idea is, starting next year, to provide for the gradual entry of more families. The expectation is that all beneficiaries of the Auxílio Brasil program will be assisted by September 2023.
The government is going to take advantage of the Auxílio Brasil structure to operationalize payments for gas aid.
To estimate the benefit to be granted, the government presented a calculation in which the average value of the cylinder is R$ 102.48.
The gas voucher will be calculated based on the average price of the last six months.
To reach the amount of BRL 300 million, the government proposed the cancellation of BRL 230 million in unemployment insurance and BRL 70 million in the fiscal contingency reserve.
Regarding the canceled schedules, the government says that there will be no loss in execution, as the relocations were decided based on projections of spending possibilities until the end of the year and which are included in the Primary Revenue and Expenditure Assessment Report for the 5th bimester.
The creation of the gas valley was sanctioned by President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) at the end of November.
The “Gas allowance for Brazilians” law determines that families enrolled in the CadÚnico (Single Registry for Social Programs) with a monthly per capita family income less than or equal to half the minimum wage can be benefited.
Families that have among their members who receive the BPC (Continued Cash Benefit) can also receive assistance.
The transfer, according to the bill, should preferably be granted to families with women victims of domestic violence who are under monitoring of urgent protective measures. Payment of the benefit will preferably be made to the woman responsible for the family.
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