After going through this procedure, it is only a matter of waiting for final approval by the plenary session of the House. With the agreement of PNV, PSE-EE and Elkarrekin Podemos-IU, the level of the Income Guarantee Income will be around 800 euros.
The Commission of Labor and Employment of the Basque Parliament he has passed this Wednesday the Opinion on the draft law on the Basque income guarantee system and for integrationa text agreed by PNV, PSE-EE and Elkarrekin Podemos-IUwho, after going through this procedure, it is merely awaiting final approval by the Chamber’s plenary session.
Most of the advice has been approved by the positive mood of PNV, PSE and Elkarrekin Podemos-IUwhile EH Bildu abstained Y PP+Cs voted against. Vox was the only formation to request a return to the Basque government at last October’s plenary session, but the full amendment was rejected by the rest of the parliamentary groups.
The approval of this project by the Basque government was guaranteed from the outset thanks to the parliamentary majority of the parties constituting the executive power (PNV and PSE-EE). However, with the agreement signed by the jeltzales and socialists with Elkarrekin Podemos-IU at the beginning of October, the text has the support of 47 parliamentarians.
Minimum amount of 803 euros, in the RGI
The agreement reached between these three formations provides for an increase in the Income Guaranteed Income (RGI) amounts and establishes the mechanism to update them in accordance with the at-risk-of-poverty rate calculated in the INE’s Living Conditions Survey for the state as a whole or in the Official Survey of Poverty and Inequalities of Euskadi. According to data from Elkarrekin Podemos, this mechanism means that the minimum amount of the RGI would be 803 euros; The draft budget of the Basque government for next year even allocates 312 million euros to the RGI, with the forecast that the amount of this benefit will increase by 8.5%, as well as 173 million euros for the minimum vital income and 80 million euros euros euros for additional rent allowance.
At the same time, measures are planned to “minimize” the risk that there are recipients who do not have coverage due to possible defects in the form, “thus suffering damage that is difficult or impossible to repair in their vital projects”, as explained by Elkarrekin Podemos . .
The text also includes the abolition of the prior registration obligation for vulnerable groups, such as refugees, victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, victims of sexist violence and others. This requirement, in turn, will be reduced to one year for families with dependent minors or elderly dependents or with disabilities.
In addition, changes have been made to the control system, with the aim of making the processing, perception and monitoring of the social benefits included in the law “more respectful and secure”, which strengthens the Lanbidthe body that manages the RGI, for which it undertakes to provide it with sufficient staff and specific training.
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