Mandatory Military Service Personnel Can Use Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income at Military PX Stores Nationwide

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] As applications for the 3rd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income, which is provided to residents excluded from the government's mutually beneficial national support fund distribution, began on October 1st, Gyeonggi Province has expanded the usage locations for mandatory military service active-duty personnel to military PX stores nationwide.

Accordingly, mandatory military service active-duty personnel can now use the 3rd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income not only at existing usage locations in their Gyeonggi Province registered address but also at military stores nationwide using the 'Narasarang Card,' a check card equipped with electronic military service certificate functionality.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 3rd that it would issue the 3rd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income via the Narasarang Card in accordance with the improvement plan for the 'COVID-19 Mutually Beneficial National Support Fund' announced by the Ministry of Interior and Safety in September. The distribution amount is 250,000 won per person.

Until the 2nd Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income, mandatory military service personnel who cannot freely move around the barracks had to use the disaster basic income only at locations in their Gyeonggi Province registered address, which caused inconvenience.

With this improvement, those receiving disaster basic income via the Narasarang Card can use it not only at usage locations in their Gyeonggi Province registered address but also at military stores nationwide. The Narasarang Card is issued during military service classification examinations conducted by the Military Manpower Administration and serves as an electronic ID, electronic passbook (account), and check card.

The distribution target is mandatory military service personnel with registered addresses in Gyeonggi Province as of 24:00 on June 30th. Professional military personnel and others who are not mandatory military service personnel must be issued with a general card like other residents.

The application method is the same as for the general public: verify eligibility on the Gyeonggi Province Disaster Basic Income application website (basicincome.gg.go.kr) and select the Narasarang Card to receive the disaster basic income.

The usage period is from the date of receiving the usage approval text message until December 31st, and any unused balance after this period will be recovered. When payment is made at mutually beneficial national support fund usage locations within the city or county of the registered address or at military stores nationwide, the amount is automatically deducted.