Muscat: The Ministry of Social Development has said that the total number of individuals benefiting from the social security scheme stood at 123,491.
The ministry pointed out that 67,693 beneficiaries of the social security scheme received a sum of RO 72,350,109 by the end of the first half of 2023.
The ministry explained that 44 beneficiaries registered in the social security scheme received RO 29,352 as disaster assistance by the end of the first half of 2023, while 140 “People with Limited Income” received RO 158,132 as disaster assistance during the first half of 2023.
During the same period, a total number of 10,023 social security scheme beneficiaries received ‘temporary’, ‘emergency’ and ‘special’ cash assistance to the tune of RO 925,549.
Similarly, a total of 820,693 “People with Limited Income” received RO 640,528 as ‘temporary’, ‘emergency’ and ‘special’ cash assistance.
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