The Civil House denied on Friday that the government is studying an increase in the value of Bolsa Familia hours after when the Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Hunger Fighting, Wellington Dias, said the executive evaluates a readjustment of the benefit.
“The Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic informs that there is no study in the government on increased value of the benefit of Bolsa Familia. This theme is not on the government’s agenda and will not be discussed, ”said the folder in a statement released early in the evening.
Earlier, in an interview with German waveDias stated that “the table” is the possibility of readjusting Bolsa Familia in the face of high food prices.
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“We will make a decision dialoguing with the president, because it reverberates. Is it an adjustment? Is it a supplement to food? ”He said in the interview, before answering that a readjustment in the amount of the transfer“ is at the table ”.
According to days, the decision will be made by the government by the end of March.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has charged his ministers who seek ways to contain food inflation.
