Raising the standard of preferential allowances for people with revolutionary contributions

President Vo Van Thuong visited Mrs. Le Thi Diem, born in 1940, wife of a martyr, currently living in Con Dao district.

The Government has just issued Decree No. 55/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 75/2021/ND-CP stipulating the levels of allowances, subsidies and preferential regimes for people with revolutionary contributions.

Accordingly, the standard level of preferential allowance for people with revolutionary contributions is increased from 1.624 million VND to 2.055 million VND.

The Decree clearly states that the above-mentioned standard levels are the basis for calculating the levels of allowances, subsidies and preferential regimes for people with revolutionary contributions and their relatives. The levels prescribed according to the standard levels in this Decree are adjusted when the standard levels are adjusted and rounded to the nearest thousand dong.

Decree No. 55/2023/ND-CP amends and supplements the levels of preferential allowances and subsidies. Specifically, the levels of monthly preferential allowances and subsidies for people with revolutionary contributions and relatives of people with revolutionary contributions are specified in Appendix I issued with Decree No. 55/2023/ND-CP.

The monthly preferential allowance level for war invalids and beneficiaries of policies similar to war invalids is specified in Appendix II issued with Decree No. 55/2023/ND-CP.

The monthly preferential allowance level for type B war invalids is specified in Appendix III issued with Decree No. 49/2023/ND-CP.

The level of one-time preferential allowance for people with revolutionary contributions and relatives of people with revolutionary contributions is specified in Appendix IV issued with Decree No. 55/2023/ND-CP.

In case the one-time allowance is calculated based on seniority, after rounding up the number of years participating in the resistance war and there are still odd months, the odd months will be rounded up according to the principle: from 6 months to less than 12 months is counted as 1 year, less than 6 months is counted as 6 months.

In case the date and month of the start of resistance activities cannot be determined, it is calculated from July 1 of that year.

Decree No. 55/2023/ND-CP takes effect from September 5, 2023. The levels of allowances and preferential allowances for people with revolutionary contributions as prescribed in Appendix I, Appendix II, Appendix III, Appendix IV issued with Decree No. 55/2023/ND-CP shall be implemented from July 1, 2023.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that according to current regulations, the standard level to determine subsidy and preferential allowance levels for people with revolutionary contributions is 1.624 million VND, implemented from July 1, 2019 according to the provisions of Decree No. 58/2019/ND-CP of the Government.

Since 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of the country's economic and social sectors, the state budget revenue has encountered many difficulties, the basic salary, subsidies, and preferential allowances for people with meritorious services have not been adjusted to increase. On July 24, 2021, the Government issued Decree No. 75/2021/ND-CP, but the standard level to determine the levels of subsidies and preferential allowances for people with meritorious services to the revolution remains the same at VND 1,624 million.

Pursuant to Resolution No. 69/2022/QH15 of the National Assembly on the state budget estimate for 2023, from July 1, 2023, the subsidy standard for meritorious people will be increased to ensure that it is not lower than the poverty line for urban areas.

According to Decree No. 07/2021/ND-CP of the Government stipulating multidimensional poverty standards for the period 2021-2025, the poverty line for urban households is 2 million VND/person/month. On that basis, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed that the Government adjust the preferential subsidy standard for people with revolutionary contributions.

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