Over 280,000 residents of East Kazakhstan region received social payments in the amount of KZT42,500

During the state of emergency in the country, in East Kazakhstan, special attention is paid to social support and protection of vulnerable categories of citizens.

According to the Head of Employment and Social Programs Coordination Administration Zhasulan Sarsebayev, in the first stage of “Biz Birgemiz!” Campaign initiated by the Head of State and the Nur Otan Party, more than 29,000 residents of the region received assistance totaling KZT1.5 billion. Also in April, additional funds were allocated from the budget to provide 77,000 citizens with food and household sets.

- Our special control is the applications for social benefits in the amount of KZT42,500 to people who were left without work during the state of emergency. At the moment, aid has been assigned to 289,000 East Kazakhstanis. Including, about 281,000 have already received payments. I want to note that an application for a social payment in the amount of the minimum wage rate can be submitted via several services, namely e-gov.kz, 42500.enbek.kz, telegram-bot: VKO42500Bot, - said Zhasulan Sarsebayev.

Step-by-step instructions for submitting online applications are placed on information stands in all departments of the regional branch of Kazpost JSC, departments and employment centers of cities and districts. At the same time, a single call center is launched in East Kazakhstan region: 8/7232 / 405-716, focused on remote support for receiving social benefits.

In order to provide operational services to citizens, the number of specialists of second-tier banks and post offices in the region has been increased in 1.5 times, the working hours of second-tier banks and post offices have also been extended from 8.00 a.m. to 21.00 p.m. every day and seven days a week.

At the same time, at present, second-tier banks, including Kaspi and Sberbank, have created account opening services (IBAN) through mobile applications.