It is now important for Ukraine to keep the financial support very targeted, very targeted, for those people who need it most. The Ministry of Social Policy is working on the criteria for such assistance and its maximum digitalization. This was stated by the Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Oksana Zholnovych during her speech at the International Ministerial Summit, UNN correspondent reports.
No amount of cash payments can always help people out of difficult life circumstances, especially at a time when we are sorely lacking such resources. After all, everything that our economy earns today, we spend 100% on defense
She reminded us that all social expenditures are made through donations from international partners, participation of the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries in various social programs.
Accordingly, it is now very important for us to keep the financial support very targeted, very targeted to those people who need it most. Accordingly, we are working on the criteria for such assistance, on its maximum digitalization, on making a very clear verification between people's incomes, between the composition of the household and the measures taken to help people overcome difficult life circumstances and return to the labor market
Addendum
Yulia Sokolovska, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, said that Ukraine is now building its social policy on the fact that people need not only payments, but also services, services and support in various difficult life situations.
Between January and February, the budget allocated UAH 75.3 billion for social payments, including pensions.