The cost of emergency aid will reach R$ 254 billion after the extension.
The federal government has opened an extraordinary credit line exceeding R$ 100 billion to extend emergency aid for two months during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the projected total cost of the program surpasses R$ 250 billion.
247 - The federal government has opened an extraordinary credit of R$ 101,6 billion for the Ministry of Citizenship to implement the extension of the R$ 600 emergency aid for two months. Now the projected total cost of the program is R$ 254,2 billion. This cost already represents more than double the primary deficit recorded by the government in 2019, a shortfall of R$ 95 billion.
It has not been announced how the aid payment will be made. The government is considering splitting the amount into more than one monthly payment.
An important measure aimed at protecting the most vulnerable during the crisis, the aid reaches more than 64 million beneficiaries, but there are also reports of fraud.
An audit by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) identified 17 thousand dead among the beneficiaries of the measure.
In May, payments of the aid were identified to 73 more military personnel, pensioners, dependents, and amnestied individuals registered in the Ministry of Defense's database. The TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) ordered... devolution of the money.