Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca officially announced today that the measures from the Support for Romania program were adopted just one month after the program was announced, so many Romanians can benefit from it right now.
""Most of the measures included in "Support for Romania" were already approved a month after the Governing Coalition launched this program.
More than two thirds of the support package totaling 17,3 billion lei are active and producing effects. The implementation of these protection solutions for citizens and the economy involves funding from national and European funds of 11,5 billion lei.
We managed at the Government level to approve most of the measures included in the "Support for Romania" Program within a month. Together with the Parliament and the leaders of the Governing Coalition, we made sure that funds are made available from the state budget and from European resources for the implementation of decisions to protect Romanian citizens and the economy.
The news recently received from Brussels regarding the support from European funds of the social measures included in "Support for Romania" is followed by another favorable decision for our economy. Thanks to the efforts of Minister Boloș and the team of the Ministry of Investments and European Funds, Romanian investors will benefit from another 412 million euros in the form of grants for productive activities. It is a new, necessary measure that we have discussed with the entrepreneurs.
Travels in the territory and permanent consultations with the business environment confirm the correctness of the measures taken, but also the fact that we need to continue at the same pace and on the same line of balance, which ensures the support of the Romanian economy and the protection of the population".
Through the measures contained in the "Support for Romania" Program, adopted by the Government and the Parliament, eight billion lei in financing will enter the economy. Benefit from support:
Investments with a major impact on the economy, the value of which exceeds 1 million euros – this state aid scheme has 200 million euros available to stimulate regional development projects
Companies in the road transport sector of goods and people to compensate for the increase in fuel prices - 300 million lei
Ongoing investment projects - through two Emergency Ordinances approved by the Government, 5,2 billion lei are made available from national and European funds to prevent possible blockages in the development of projects due to the increase in the prices of construction materials, machinery, force for work
Romanian farmers have 300 million euros at their disposal - grants for working capital, and agricultural workers, a sector in which the minimum wage has been set at 3.000 lei per month, similar to that in construction.
A consistent part of the package of measures aims to protect the population from the effects of rising prices and the difficult period we are going through, so that no one is left behind. Social measures established so far through the "Support for Romania" Program have an impact of approximately 3,5 billion lei.
The granting of social vouchers worth 250 lei for people with low incomes was recently approved in the Government.
About 3 million people – pensioners, people with disabilities, low-income families and the homeless – benefit from these vouchers every two months, money they can use to buy groceries or, to the extent they will want this, a warm meal. The total value of this program is 3,1 billion lei, and half of the money comes from European funds.
In Parliament, the food allowance for hospital patients and institutionalized elderly was doubled - from 11 lei/day to 22 lei/day - More than 3 million people will benefit from this measure.
The total value is approximately 270 million lei.
The daily food allowance for children in the institutionalized system increases from 12 to 16 lei/day, respectively from 16,6 to 22 lei/day, depending on age. The value is approximately 86 million.
Also, the granting of technical unemployment for employees of companies affected by the conflict in Ukraine was extended, thus protecting their jobs.
Next, the Government is preparing the following economic and social support measures announced in "Support for Romania".
The Ministry of Agriculture has in an advanced stage the project through which farmers will benefit from 200 million euros for the processing of raw materials in Romania. It is a measure that, together with the others taken to support the agricultural sector, will also have an effect on the prices of agricultural products.
The Kurzarbeit program now in force until the beginning of June, will continue in the next period
The voluntary increase of the minimum monthly wage in the economy, by employers, will be stimulated by 200 lei per month, by exempting the additional taxation of the amount representing the increase. The measure will have an impact on 1,6 million employees.
Giving vouchers of 30 euros per month to students who receive social grants is another measure that the Ministry of Education has prepared.
The Ministry of Family is preparing two draft normative acts - a Government Decision and an Emergency Ordinance - which will implement support programs for young people and measures to protect and improve the lives of institutionalized children.
The Romanian government will continue to act responsibly, using all the resources it has at its disposal - from the national budget or from European funds, to protect the economy and the population from the severe effects generated by the multiple crises we are going through at the European level. Supporting investments, implementing development and reform projects, along with careful management of resources will stimulate economic growth and maintain the necessary pace for the modernization of the country."
