Kaliningrad: The authorities will begin to issue grocery cards

In the Kaliningrad region, product cards will begin to issue unemployed. This was told at a briefing by the Minister of Social Policy of the Kaliningrad Region, Angelica Mayister, reports the correspondent of the Sever. Real. It will be possible to buy goods on a grocery card in Kaliningrad from June 8. 100 million rubles were allocated from the regional budget for payments on grocery cards.

"In total, at the moment, 20 thousand unemployed officials. Under the risk of dismissal - almost 6,000 people. They also plan to issue cards on them," said Mayister.

The project is launched in pilot mode, the money will not be withdrawn from the card where the payment will be transferred. They will accrue "two tranches of five thousand rubles." The number of products that can be bought is also limited, mainly the composition of the consumer basket. The stores themselves decide which goods they will let go on a product card.

If there is less money on the balance of the card of money than the cost of products, the buyer can pay the missing amount, the deputy minister of economic development, industry and trade of the Kaliningrad region Irina Grakov said: "Trying to break through the social card the wrong product will not work, the automated system simply will not read it. The cashier warns about this and offers to pay in any other way."

In addition to the unemployed, a product card will be able to receive residents of Kaliningrad of pre -retirement age, single parents raising minor children, disabled people.

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The Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Anton Alikhanov talked about the idea of introducing "grocery cards" back in April. According to him, residents of the region who were dismissed in 2020 will be able to receive additional payments.

"The system is simple: if your income does not reach a certain level, then you are given the so -called grocery cards that you can make in stores. You can’t buy cigarettes and alcohol with this money," said Alikhanov. The government of the Kaliningrad region said that they could not realize this idea, as banks were not ready, Rugrad notes .

According to official figures of the Government of the Kaliningrad Region, as of May 1, 2020, in the region, the average number of total unemployment exceeds 22 thousand inhabitants, 13.1 thousand unemployed were registered in the employment service. Back in April, the North. Reali correspondent reported 6.3 thousand unemployed.