Transnistria and Gagauzia

GAGAUZ AUTHORITIES PROMISE A SOCIALLY-ORIENTED BUDGET FOR 2019

07 november, 2018

The Gagauzia 2019 budget will be socially-oriented, while the number of programs for supporting vulnerable sections of the population will grow to 13, said Gagauzia Bashkan [governor] Irina Vlah at the Wednesday's briefing.

The region's leadership decided to allocate 63.5 million lei for financing social programs.

"In total, 36.5 thousand Gagauzia residents will be beneficiaries of various types of social assistance. The most demanded type of assistance is the compensation for heating. If in 2016, 4 thousand autonomy residents were receiving these, in 2018 the number grew to 7 thousand, while next year we hope to bring the number of compensation beneficiaries to 25 thousand people. The region's budget provides 12 million lei for heating compensations", the Bashkan said.

She paid a special attention to the program of paying lump-sum allowances for childbirth to mothers.

"In the autonomy, the new mothers are receiving several-fold more than in order raions of the republic. Thus, for the firstborn, mothers are getting 2.5 thousand lei. The second and next newborns mean receiving of 4 thousand lei each time. Lump-sum allowances for mothers who gave birth to twins account for 30 thousand lei, while for triplets - 50 thousand lei. The budget for allowances for childbirth in 2019 totals 6.3 million lei", Vlah said.

Bashkan said that the region desperately needs at least 100 medics.

"In agreement with the Gagauzia Popular Assembly (GPA), the Gagauzia Executive Committee took an unprecedented step. Each doctor, who decides to come for work to the autonomy, will get 50 thousand lei as lump-sum allowance. We need doctors of various specializations. Raions need 63 medics, while rural healthcare units - over 30. We hope very much that the material stimulation will resolve the problem of medical personnel", the official said.

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