Yongin City to Accept Additional Applications for 2024 First-Half Farmers Basic Income

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City announced on September 18 that it will accept additional applications for the first-half 2024 farmers basic income from September 19 to October 2.

The city received applications for first-half farmers basic income from March 4 to 29 this year, and will now accept additional applications from farms that failed to apply during that period.

Eligible applicants are agricultural producers with residency in Yongin City who have continuously resided in the city for two years or in Gyeonggi Province for five years or more based on the application date.

Additionally, applicants must have engaged in agricultural production for at least one consecutive year in Yongin or three consecutive years in Gyeonggi Province.

However, those with income from non-agricultural sources of 37 million won or more, recipients of improper public agricultural payments, or eligible recipients of youth basic income are excluded.

Applications can be submitted through the Farmers Basic Income Integrated Support System (www.farmbincome.gg.go.kr) or at the Industrial Department (or Industrial and Environmental Department) of the district office or the Administrative Welfare Center of each eup·myeon at the residential registration address.

Yongin City's farmers basic income provides 50,000 won monthly, totaling 600,000 won annually, distributed in local currency during the first and second halves of the year. The additional application period is for farmers who failed to apply in the first half, and those who applied in the first half can receive the second-half farmers basic income without a separate application.

The local currency usage period is 180 days from the payment date and can be used at small business shops and local agricultural·livestock cooperatives. Unused amounts within the deadline will be automatically reclaimed.

A city official stated, "We are operating an additional application period to ensure that farmers who were unable to apply for the first-half farmers basic income this year do not miss out on the benefits," and added, "We expect that the farmers basic income will help improve the quality of life by guaranteeing the basic rights of farmers and stabilizing farm household income."