SAN JOSE, Antique – The validation of social pensioners aged 65 years old and above is ongoing in Antique.
The validation is aimed at making the social pensioners avail themselves of the Unconditional Cash Transfer UCT under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) worth P2,400 for 2018.
“The UCT will be given to cushion the impact of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law,” said DSWD Region 6 convergence committee secretariat Diadem Pearl Tamara. “Our validation in the region started last March and we hope to finish it by May.”
Tamara was on Friday visited their social pension staffers at the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System(GSIS) branches in Antique.
The UCT will only be given to social pensioners who did and will not receive any pension from the GSIS and the SSS.
After the validation, the list of social pensioners who are potential beneficiaries of UCT will be submitted to the DSWD central office, said Tamara.
In Western Visayas, 300,000 social pensioners are receiving a regular social pension of P1,500 per quarter from the DSWD, she added. (With PNA/PN)
