Uzbekistan to allocate UZS 1.2 trillion financial support to low-income households during heating season

In total, 1.1 million families nationwide will receive 1 million UZS each. Of these, 822,000 are already registered in the social registry, while an additional 290,000 were identified through the “Neighborhood Seven” system.

The additional beneficiaries include:

• families with a person with a disability – 76,300;

• families living solely on pensions – 69,700;

• families whose breadwinner is in labor migration – 34,700;

• families who lost their breadwinner – 33,800;

• families with a member suffering from a severe illness – 23,700;

• single elderly individuals – 7,000;

• households not connected to the gas network – 2,000;

• families sharing one home with more than three households – 26,200;

• temporarily unemployed individuals – 15,100;

• single-person households – 2,300.

For comparison, last year 120,000 families received support of 270,000 UZS each. This year, both the number of beneficiaries and the assistance amount have significantly increased – the payment size alone has risen 2.5 times.

Overall, 1.2 trillion UZS will be allocated from the State budget to fund this social support program.