The Citizen Account Program announced yesterday that it deposited the July subsidy allocation to beneficiaries who completed their applications and met the eligibility criteria in the 56th installment, following the implementation of the new rules issued by the Royal Directive, which includes reopening registration in the program and providing additional support to beneficiaries in the amount of eight billion riyals until the end of the current fiscal year 2022.
Abdullah Al-Hajri, Director General of Communication for the Citizen Account Program, explained that the increase in support for beneficiaries reached 73 percent compared to previous payments, bringing the total support for the July payment after the additional support to more than 3.1 billion riyals.
<The number of beneficiaries who met the eligibility criteria in this payment amounted to more than 10.2 million beneficiaries and followers, and the total compensation paid retroactively for the previous payment amounted to about 25 million riyals, bringing the total amount paid by the program to beneficiaries since its launch to more than 123 billion riyals, including 1.7 billion riyals as compensation for previous payments.Al-Hajri stressed that 76 percent of the beneficiaries received support in this payment, and the average support per family amounted to 1919 riyals compared to the average support of the previous payment of 1067 riyals, while the number of heads of families reached more than 1.9 million heads of families, constituting 94 percent, while the number of dependents reached 8.1 million beneficiaries, and the number of independent beneficiaries who met the eligibility criteria reached more than 116 thousand beneficiaries, constituting 6 percent of the total main beneficiaries.
The number of beneficiaries who met the eligibility criteria reached more than 116 thousand beneficiaries, constituting 6 percent of the total main beneficiaries. Al-Hajri pointed out that more than 80 percent of the total independents received the full benefit, which amounted to 720 riyals compared to the previous payment of 417 riyals.
Al-Hajri pointed out that more than 80 percent of the total independents received the full benefit, which amounted to 720 riyals. <The Director General of Communication of the Citizen Account Program called on citizens wishing to register to apply through the online portal, noting that applicants whose applications were completed before July 16 will be studied for their eligibility and entitlement for the August 2022 payment.
