In order to ensure compliance with the basic needs of the inhabitants of Colombia, the program has been launched Citizen Income within the framework of the National Development Plan “Colombia, World Power of Life”. The Congress of the Republic has played a fundamental role in the successful implementation of this program. The allocation of program benefits is in charge of social prosperitywhich include access to food, education, medical care and also promote the economic independence of the population.
The Government of Change invested 791,328 million pesos for this second cycle. The departments with the largest number of beneficiary families are: Antioquia (with 161,543 families), Bolívar (151,552), Córdoba (134,758), Valle del Cauca (120,289), Atlántico (104,162), Nariño (98,595) and Santander (97,211).
When do they pay the 2023 Citizen Income?
Payments for banked families begin this Friday, July 7; for unbanked families, on July 11. In this cycle, more than 2 million households, of the 3,300,000 to which the program is intended, met the requirements and will receive the conditional monetary transfer, which will be paid in stages and until July 31, through Banco Agrario and its allies.
How do I know if I am a beneficiary of Citizen Income?
Households that are scheduled to pay for the second cycle of the program will receive a text message to the cell phone registered with Prosperidad Social, indicating the method of payment. In the following link, households can verify if they are enrolled in Transit to Citizen Income and if they have payments available. They can access with ID number and issue date: see here.
How to collect the Citizen Income 2023?
The collection of the conditional monetary transfer in the Agrarian Bank can be done under the following modalities:
- Payment by transfer at branch or correspondent: the beneficiary must go to the authorized and assigned establishment to make the payment.
- turn transfer: the beneficiary communicates through the Bank’s corporate WhatsApp: + 57 1 5948500; and through the options offered by the Anita virtual agent. There she selects option 1: Citizen Income. Then enter the identification number and option 3, and enter the following data: type and identification number, name of the beneficiary, department and municipality where you want to move the transfer.
- Payment by electronic draftThose who have the resources available under this modality, previously verified in the bank’s link, may receive the incentive through electronic ATMs of the Servibanca ally, activating the withdrawal from the “withdrawal without card” option of the electronic ATM. The maximum withdrawal amount is 400,000 pesos.
There is a pre-established beak and ID for all places. It is designed as follows, according to the number in which the identity document ends: Monday, beneficiaries with identification cards ending in 1 and 2 are charged; Tuesday, 3 and 4; Wednesday, 5 and 6; Thursday, 7 and 8; Friday, 9 and 0. The implementation of this process in all places is determined by the bank branch and the local authority, in accordance with the operational capacities to attend payments.
Citizen Income 2023: amount calculator
Transit to Citizen Income seeks to guarantee that families in extreme poverty have a decent income above the poverty line. Delivers up to 1 million pesos every two months, according to the conformation of the household, the Sisbén group, territorial prioritization and compliance with the co-responsibilities of the program. The beneficiary households can estimate the amount of the transfer they will receive in my calculator. All procedures are free and do not require intermediation, the only bank operator is Banco Agrario de Colombia.