Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the current President of the Republic, signed legislation making Brazil Aid worth R$400 a permanent benefit.
The sanction was announced on May 19 in the Official Gazette. The initial proposal from the federal government provided that this amount would be valid only until December 2022. However, lawmakers decided to make the value permanent.
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In this sense, check out more details below about the new fixed amount of the Brazil Aid.
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Brazil Aid will have a permanent value of R$400
The government created the Auxílio Brasil program to replace the Bolsa Familia, which was created in 2003. When it was implemented, its monthly fee had an average ticket of R$224. According to the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, the government spends almost R$47.5 billion a year just on the regular volume of the Auxílio Brasil.
In this sense, according to estimates, the government will have to disburse around R$ 41 billion per year to cover the benefit additional, forming a total of almost R$90 billion. According to the approved text, the purpose of this measure is to make the Auxílio Brasil Program effective, helping to mitigate the financial bottleneck related to the most needy.
Brazil Aid Program
The extraordinary benefit became part of the general benefit package of the Auxílio Brasil Program. The secretariat announced that the financial benefits of the Brazil Aid for families in poverty or extreme poverty will be added to the total benefit calculation, such as: early childhood benefit; family composition; benefit from extreme poverty; transition benefit.
In addition, in cases where Auxílio Brasil made an unjustified payment in the first six months (with the addition of the two benefits), the approved project established a 30% limitation on discounts on the amount paid monthly to families who receive the closed season insurance. The closed insurance is paid to the artisanal fisherman for the three to five months he cannot fish to preserve the species during the breeding season.