2nd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income: "Please Use by June 30"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province urged residents to complete use of the 2nd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income by June 30.

According to Gyeonggi Province on the 13th, the 2nd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income must be used within 3 months from the card approval date, and applicants after April 1 can use it until June 30.

Unused amounts will be automatically recovered after that date.

The disaster basic income can be used at locations like local currency merchants, including restaurants, retail shops, and traditional market stores with annual revenues of less than 1 billion won located in the city or county of the holder's registered residential address.

However, it cannot be used at large department stores, large supermarkets, franchise supermarkets, entertainment establishments, gambling-related businesses, or franchise directly-operated stores.

To find specific locations where it can be used, check for local currency merchant stickers or refer to the Gyeonggi Regional Currency mobile app or the relevant city/county website.

The 2nd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income is an economic quarantine policy of Gyeonggi Province that distributes 100,000 won per person to all residents struggling due to COVID-19.

Application reception began on February 1, and by February 7 one week later, more than half of the provincial population (56.3%) had completed their applications, showing strong response.

Online applications (February 1-March 31) and on-site applications (March 1-April 30) both closed last month. Of 13.438 million residents in the province, 13.056 million applied, recording a final application rate of 97.2%.

Of those who applied, 79.1% (10.323 million people) applied online, while 20.9% (2.733 million people) applied on-site through administrative welfare centers or visiting application services.

Unlike the first round, the 2nd disaster basic income was also distributed to registered foreigners in the province.

As of January 19, there were 570,681 registered foreigners in the province, and excluding those whose residence permits expired before January 19, those under residence extension review, those with different residential addresses, and those unable to apply, the actual target recipients are approximately 450,000 people.

Of these, 407,632 people applied, recording an application rate of 90.6%.

A provincial official stated, "We plan to encourage use of the disaster basic income by sending text messages regarding 1.911 million cases with remaining balances of 1,000 won or more (82.24 billion won)," and added, "After June 30, unused amounts will be recovered, so residents who have not yet used all of their disaster basic income should use it promptly."