The Minister of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann, said on Thursday (13) that the reduction proposed by the government of R $ 7.7 billion in Bolsa Familia in the 2025 budget is not a “cut” but an “adjustment” that will not affect the beneficiaries. According to her, the modification had to be made for the government to have fiscal space for other programs, while the value for Bolsa Familia “is recovering throughout the year.” The government’s request for adjustment was anticipated by Broadcast, the Real -Time News System of the State Group.
“This does not move anything with the beneficiaries. It was an adjustment that we had to make to have the fiscal space of some other programs and there it recovers throughout the year, ”said Gleisi after meeting with Finance Minister Fernando Haddad.
On Wednesday (12), the Broadcast It showed that, although planning asked about $ 39.6 billion to be relocated in the budget piece.
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In addition to the R $ 3 billion necessary to ensure the highest contribution in Gása, the government also requested the increase of about R $ 7.8 billion for the heading of “social security benefits” of the General Social Security Regime Fund, for example. It also requested that the congress add R $ 3 billion in the heading “reimburseable financial support for financing and other financial instruments for projects of mitigation and adaptation to climate change” of the social fund.
To accommodate these new expenses, the government then claimed to reduce several other expenses. Therefore, it suggested that about R $ 7.7 billion would be reduced that would be spent on the heading “Direct and conditioned transfer of income to families benefiting from the Bolsa Familia Program” of the Ministry of Social Development.
Another R $ 7 billion in actions of the Ministry of Education, such as “granting scholarships to support basic education”, “support for the implementation of full -time schools” and “support for infrastructure for basic education” were also reduced, but planning requested that about R $ 3 billion be replaced in some investments in the same areas.
