[속보] Addition of the fourth grant including 3 million won for the travel industry and 300,000 won for small farms, approved by the National Assembly

Check-in 2021.03.25 08:31 | Revision 2021.03.25 08:34

The total size of the fourth disaster support fund is 20.7 billion won.
Travel Industry Subsidy 2 million → 3 million won
Performing Arts Industry 2 million → 2.5 million won
300,000 won bonus for 460,000 small farmers of less than 50ha

On the 25th, the National Assembly held a plenary session of the National Assembly and approved an additional repair budget of 15 trillion won (not including the fixed budget) (additional supplement) for the fourth disaster support payment. In the proposal put forward by the government, the scope of support was expanded to industries affected by the crown, such as travel, performance, indoor sports, charter buses, fruit trees and flower farms. In addition, it was decided to pay 300,000 won for disaster relief vouchers to small farms with a cultivation area of ​​less than 0.5㏊ (about 1,512 pyeong).

The scale of credit support and other small business support projects increased by a total of 1.61 trillion won compared to the existing supplemental plan. By subdividing the division according to sales and business type of business ‘Small Business Owner’s Support Fund Plus’, we increased the support fund for the travel industry and other industries where average sales decreased by more than 60% from 2 million won to 3 million. won.

The budget for the agriculture and fisheries sector has been increased by about 240 billion won. In order to provide vouchers to 32,000 agricultural and fisheries forestry households and 300,000 won to 460,000 small farmers with a cultivation area of ​​less than 05, it increased by 147.7 billion won. Emergency management funds for organic fruit trees, flowers and agricultural products also increased by 16 billion won.

Support for the cultural and artistic community, which is affected by the coronavirus, has also been expanded. The amount of support for industries that fell more than 40% in sales, such as the performance industry, previously expanded to 2 million won and 2.5 million won. In addition, an additional KRW 48 billion was established for a six-month allocation that would be paid to 20,000 medical staff at a hospital dedicated to infectious diseases. The income stabilization fund for charter bus drivers increased by 24.5 billion won. On behalf of the hiring of 10,000 health educators, an increase of 32.2 billion won.

The total amount of increase per business was 1.4 trillion won. The ruling and opposition parties decided to cut 280 billion won from the government’s supplementary employment project, while the remaining 1.16 trillion won will be financed by restructuring the existing budget. As a result, the final amount of the fourth disaster grant increased by 1.2 trillion won from the previous 1.5 trillion won to 20.7 trillion won.