UAE: Social Welfare Programme’s restructuring helps achieve leadership’s vision, says Hessa Buhumaid

UAE: Social Welfare Programme’s restructuring helps achieve leadership’s vision, says Hessa Buhumaid

Minister of Community Development confirms that the directives have already begun being implemented

By WAM Published: Tue 5 Jul 2022, 7:11 PM

Hessa bint Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, said that the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to restructure country’s Social Welfare Programme of low-income citizens will support the vision of the UAE’s leadership to make the UAE one of the best countries in terms of supporting the community and quality of life.

She stated that the Ministry of Community Development (MoCD) has already begun implementing the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed on the Social Welfare Programme, which will cover a larger number of families.

She added that the ministry will start receiving inflation allowance applications from Tuesday, with the new social welfare programme to be rolled out in September 2022.

Three pillars of the new social welfare programme The programme includes three key pillars to support low-income Emirati families, they are new welfare allocations, increase in allowances and the inflation allowance, which includes food, water, electricity and fuel subsidies.

Target groups The MoCD said social welfare will comprise financial allocations for eligible low-income families and will be disbursed in September 2022.

The ministry explained that there are