More than 69.3 billion tenge has been paid to Kazakhstanis in the form of disability and survivor benefits since the beginning of the year, Kazpravda.kz reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
As of March 1, more than 69.3 billion tenge was paid to Kazakhstanis in the form of disability and survivor benefits. Of these, in February 2022, 27.3 billion tenge was allocated from the republican budget for the payment of state social benefits for disability, and 7.4 billion tenge for the loss of a breadwinner.
As of March 1, 2022, the number of recipients of state social benefits for disability is 527.4 thousand people, in case of loss of a breadwinner - 171.9 thousand people.
The amount of state social benefits for disability and in case of loss of a breadwinner depends on the category and cause of disability, the number of dependents of the deceased breadwinner, as well as on the subsistence minimum established by the law on the republican budget for the corresponding financial year.
As of March 1, 2022, the average amount of state social benefits for disability was 51,731 tenge, state social benefits for the loss of a breadwinner - 43,268 tenge.
