Economy
Posted: 3 years ago

Utility Bills Support Program to Continue During Winter Months

The utility bills support program will last for 4 months of winter.

In order to compensate for the decrease in income or loss of jobs for the families of our citizens, the government has decided to extend this program in terms of support for utility bills for 4 months of winter - November, December, January, February - said the Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia at the government session.

As he explained, the principle will be the same, up to 200 kWh of electricity and up to 200 m3 of gas consumption will be compensated by the government. According to Giorgi Gakharia, relatively wealthy citizens will have the opportunity to refuse such assistance programmatically.

"The third stage is extremely important, because we all see that the economic crisis will be long-lasting. We are not talking about the crisis until the end of the year, we understand that the next two years will be quite difficult for the global economy and of course, Georgia, as one of the most open economies in the region and part of the global economy, we must do everything to make this time easier for our citizens,''-said the PM.