44% of Ukraine’s population receive government assistance
The Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Andriy Reva announced that approximately 44% of Ukrainians receive social assistance from the government, reports Radio Liberty.
“Approximately 44% of people receive certain types of government social assistance, but we must understand that, according to the Constitution, Ukraine is a social state,” noted the minister.
According to him, currently, five million households in Ukraine receive subsidies.
Earlier, Andriy Reva, said that the reduction of the subsidy program funding from 71 billion hryvnias in 2018 to 55 billion hryvnias in 2019, is, in fact, represents an increase. He explained that the budget for 2018 took into account past years’ debts on subsidies, which is no longer included in the budget for 2019.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy launched a "hotline" for complaints about illegal subsidies or other government assistance, received by other citizens for housing and communal services.