The government is allocating 1 billion 163 million for social measures to combat the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Another 731 million will be set aside for new economic measures. All of them were presented by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at a press conference in the Council of Ministers after a meeting of the Coalition Council.
Among the social measures are:
– Increase by 30% of the staff costs of the regional administrations, which are responsible for dealing with the consequences of the epidemic, as well as increase the rate for night work – MLSP, MH, MIA, NHIF, NSSI, RHI, etc .;
– Increasing the rates for school and children’s health care until reaching the set standards in the CLA, as well as for nursing homes, children’s centers, etc. – a total of BGN 24.6 million;
– One-time supplement to the pensions – BGN 50 for each pensioner for three consecutive months – BGN 318 million have been allocated for this purpose;
– Increasing the subsidy of hospitals by BGN 17.3 million.
– Increasing the value of health insurance payments for medical and dental care;
– Additional funds from the MLSP budget – BGN 122 million for additional funds for personal assistants;
– Increasing the minimum amount of the daily unemployment benefit – from BGN 9 to BGN 12. The measure enters into force on October 1.
– Increasing the term of payment of unemployment benefits by an additional three months;
– Providing a net remuneration in the amount of BGN 1,000 for first-line physicians – BGN 67 million by the end of 2020.
– BGN 1.8 billion available is provided by the Ministry of Economy for business assistance. BGN 9.5 million are provided to the Ministry of Economy to encourage foreign investors in Bulgaria.
– Additional budgets are allocated to the funds of almost every ministry.