Labor and Social Development Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan announced that a total of BD 17 million will be distributed to citizens benefiting from government support on August 15.
Minister Humaidan praised the decision to unify the date for the disbursement of five direct government support programs for eligible citizens, which was issued by the Cabinet in January, stressing that unifying the disbursement date, since its implementation starting from February 15, contributed to maximizing citizens' benefit from the amounts of all support programs simultaneously, to enable them to benefit from it.
The support includes social allowance, living standard improving allowance, disability pension and housing allowance that is distributed from the Housing Ministry.
The minister said that BD 9,479,180 will be disbursed to 124,772 Bahraini families benefiting from living standard improving allowance, BD 1,607,430 for 16,801 Bahraini families benefiting from social allowance. While the total of BD 1,227,700 will be for 12,274 people with disabilities and BD 4,667,430 will be for 46,178 beneficiaries of housing allowance.