The recovery of more than 5 billion dinars from the transgressors on social protection benefits



date: 2017/5/30 17:18 • 56 times read


(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The Social Protection Authority in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs recovered 5,651,790,760 dinars of transgressors on social protection benefits from the categories of men and women in Baghdad and the governorates for the period from 1/1 to 30/4 of 2017.

The Director General of the Fund for Social Protection in the ministry Jacqueline Saliwa in a press statement received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it today, "The revelations of transgressors came through the audit of data and the intersection of information carried out by the Department, which contributed significantly to know the amounts that went to the wrongdoers Right and return it to the ministry for redistribution among the actual beneficiaries under the new Social Protection Act No. 11 of 2014 as it targets families that are below the poverty line.

She explained that "the suspension of subsidies came for several reasons, including repeating the beneficiary's signature in the event of receiving two salaries from the state, or changing the social status of him or because of appointment in a state institution or death, calling for the suspension of their benefits to review the social protection departments and departments to complete the treatment of innocence For the purpose of refunding the funds that have been paid, pointing out that the recovery of funds is through the mechanism in force currently in accordance with Articles {18} and {19} of the law, which stipulate that the disbursement of subsidies and recovered from them through the Social Protection Fund.

She added that "the process of refunding begins after the submission of the auditor's request to suspend his salary in the Department of Citizen Affairs and raise the priorities of the beneficiary to the calculator to freeze the record to be reviewed then to complete the treatment of the acquittal," asserting that "10% of the offenders are the best case, and 90% Including employees and retirees, "indicating that in the event of a pension to the citizen will be provided to the Pension Authority with a letter to know the date of allocation of pension and inform them on the date of suspension of the subsidy salary, and in the case of appointment will be addressed to the relevant authority to know the date of commencement.

The Social Protection Act No. 11 of 2014 set the social protection subsidy for those living below the poverty line


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