In our country there are more than 9 million Peruvians who are poor, according to the report of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics. This figure, by 2022, represented an increase of 1.6 percentage points, that is, 628,000 more people in relation to the year 2021. In this sense, the Government seeks to reduce the impacts of poverty in our country, through the implementation of a new program: Juntos Urbano. If you want to know what it consists of and when it would start working, don’t miss this note from La República.
New Juntos Urbano program: what is it about?
With the purpose of reducing the impacts of poverty in the urban areas of our country, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion have been coordinating the implementation of the new Juntos Urbano social program.
In this sense, as explained by the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Julio Demartini, in an interview with various media outlets, the expansion of the Juntos program will provide economic transfers to families in poverty, so that they can eat better and buy supplements when mothers are pregnant.
“At Juntos we have already expanded our incorporation of new users nationwide and we have broken the territorial barrier to go to urban areas. Now, we are working with the MEF on Juntos Urbano that goes hand in hand with Cuna Más for early childhood development. Both are our spearheads to support children and pregnant and lactating mothers”he maintained, in statements to TV Peru.
Along the same lines, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contreras, had explained in a previous interview with La República that the Executive Power will strengthen the budget for Midis to extend current social programs and implement Juntos Urbano, in favor of the population. of the urban areas of Lima and other cities of Peru.
New Juntos Urbano program: amount to be delivered and financing
The Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Julio Demartini, indicated that the social assistance initiative will follow up on the Early Childhood Transfer (TPI) strategy, which provides an additional amount of S/50 to pregnant and lactating mothers of the urban and peri-urban areas.
“With the MEF, we are launching Juntos Urbano, which is nothing more than (…), in the urban area, going to pregnant mothers and following up with a transfer to early childhood, which is called TPI. This is S/ An additional 50 to the family Together so that these people can eat better, buy good supplements when pregnant”he said, in an interview with RPP.
Finally, the head of Midis said that the program together urban would require financing of S/300 million, intended for mass census registration in urban areas in three months and with other additional measures.
New Juntos Urbano program: when will it be implemented?
In an interview with La República, the Minister of Economy, Alex Contreras, explained that the Juntos Urbano program would be starting up at the beginning of 2024, with the purpose of mitigating the impact of poverty.
“To mitigate the increase in poverty, we are giving it a historic budget, not only to expand current social programs, but to create a new program, which is Juntos Urbano. It is still a preliminary version, but in times of low growth, social policies are more important”he explained, in an interview with La República.
Source: Larepublica
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