The body reminds in the “Fiscal and economic analysis of non-selective cash payments to citizens” that the recently adopted rebalance envisages in 2021, as they claim, a non-selective payment of 60 euros to all adult citizens (in two equal installments in May and November) and an additional 50 euros for all retirees (in September).

“The purpose of these measures in 2020 and 2021 is (according to the government’s explanation) a fiscal incentive to increase domestic demand. However, such measures are inefficient and very expensive – the payment of 100 euros cost 72 billion dinars (610 million euros) in 2020.” and the measures from 2021 will cost over 50 billion dinars (440 million euros) “, the analysis states and adds that the budget of Serbia does not have the funds for their implementation, so these expenditures are financed by state borrowing of over one billion euros.

The first problem with the non-selective payment of funds to all adult residents (with an allowance for pensioners), as they say, refers to the amount of funds needed for its implementation, given that the payment of 100 euros to all adult citizens in 2020 cost 610 million euros. An additional 440m euros are planned for similar purposes this year.

Thus, it is stated – one-time payments to the population in these two will cost the budget a total of more than a billion euros.

“How large these funds are is perhaps best illustrated by the data that the construction of the entire Moravian corridor from Pojat to Preljina costs around 800 million euros, and that the construction and equipping of the Clinical Center Nis cost around 50 million euros,” the Fiscal Council states.

He also points out that what citizens receive today through the division of 100 or 60 euros is not a gift from the state, but tomorrow the same citizens will return the money received with interest from their taxes.

The Fiscal Council states that it should be borne in mind that the public debt of Serbia, which currently amounts to almost 60 percent of GDP, is too large, taking into account the economic development of the country.

“Such subsidies to the population have only a slight impact on the acceleration of GDP, and only about 10 percent of the paid funds are returned to the budget through increased tax collection,” the Fiscal Council states.

“The payment of 100 euros affected the acceleration of GDP in 2020.”

The body states that the analysis shows that the payment of 100 euros to adult citizens affected the acceleration of GDP in 2020 by a maximum of about 0.2 percent, that it cost the budget about 1.3 percent of GDP), while the effects of the payment will be 60 euros and a supplement of 50 euros for pensioners to GDP growth in 2021 to be slightly less than that.

More specifically, of the over 600 million euros spent on the payment of 100 euros in 2020, only about 60 million euros returned to the budget through the increase of VAT and excise duties, and of the about 450 million euros planned in 2021, the budget will be return only about 45 million euros.

The body claims that this is not a good measure from the point of view of social policy either, because one-time payments cannot permanently solve the problems of inequality and poverty, which are structural (permanent) in nature, and they believe that aid is not well designed because it does not exist. a justified measure of social policy in which the same funds are given to poor and richer citizens, and Serbia, they say, is currently the only country in Europe that has opted for non-selective money transfers.

The Fiscal Council notes that the payment of targeted financial aid to the United States, which paid $ 1,200 to all citizens earning up to $ 75,000 a year (plus an additional $ 500 per child) as part of the first aid package, is completely incomparable with Serbia.

“The economies of the United States and Serbia can hardly be compared in any segment. The United States is a large and developed economy (the largest economy in the world) that borrows in its own currency and can print money. Due to the size of the economy, fiscal measures aimed at increasing private consumption “In the United States, they can have a tangible effect on stimulating economic growth in a recession. However, this does not apply to small and open economies like Serbia, where much of the demand spills over to imports and does not sufficiently stimulate domestic economic growth.” other Fiscal Council in analysis.

The Board of Directors of the Privatization Agency of Kosovo today approved the reports of temporary distribution and reports of partial final distribution of liquidation funds for the legal creditors of 7 socially-owned enterprises in liquidation.

Enterprises for which there will be distribution to creditors are: SOE “Vreshtaria” 18,601 euros, SOE “IT Drateks” (Sharrteks) 97,349 euros, SOE “Drivers’ Association” 3,806 euros and SOE KB “Cooperation” in the amount of 469 euros, all four of these socially owned enterprises are located in the Prizren region.

The amount of 105,480 euros will be distributed to the creditors of SOE “Bentokos Working Organization”, from the region of Gjilan. For SOE “Lux”, from the region of Mitrovica there will be temporary distribution in the amount of 345,972 euros, as for the enterprise from the region of Peja SOE “Ringov”, there will be a final partial distribution in the amount of 183,909 euros.

The total amount for distribution to creditors is in the amount of 755,589 euros.

After completing the documentation and checking the bank accounts of the legal creditors and former employees of these enterprises, the payments will be executed through the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo.

The Agency remains committed to continue to prepare and approve distribution reports for all those socially owned enterprises and liquidated assets that meet the legal requirements for distribution, while a challenge, which complicates and slows down the Agency’s work in the field of liquidation remains a large number of appeals to the Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kosovo (SCSC), which make it impossible to prepare distribution reports for legitimate creditors and prevent the completion of the liquidation process for many enterprises without resolve all grievances in the Special Chamber.

The Minister specified for the show “In the center of attention” that the application of the Law on Social Cards will enable a fairer distribution of money for the most socially endangered groups and establish better control of social benefits.

“With the introduction of a single social card register, a centralized database, all the facts that are relevant for someone to exercise their rights will be in one place. Citizens will no longer have to go from counter to counter, they will be able to finish with their ID number and initial request. in one place “, says Kisić Tepavčević.

He points out that the Register of the Social Card will include citizens who already use social protection, those whose requests are in the procedure, as well as those who have ever submitted a request, but have been rejected.

“If research shows that a group is particularly vulnerable, and we are particularly focused on vulnerable categories, such as people with disabilities and those over 65 – it is possible to withdraw this data from the Central Population Register to the database and provide assistance to those most vulnerable categories. that they did not look for her themselves “, specified Kisić Tepavčević.

Social benefits on several grounds

Darija Kisić Tepavčević said that social rights refer to children and family, social, veteran and disability protection, so some people have the right to assistance on several grounds.

“If the child receives child allowance, there is a possibility that the amount will increase after coming of age.
In order for everything to function smoothly, a software and hardware system was procured, which should connect the internal system of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs with external systems in other institutions. All external bases are ready and now follows a period for testing the functioning of the system in the coming months. The implementation of the law will begin on March 1, 2022, “the minister says.

“When such a system is established, which works 24 hours a day, it will be precisely recorded how certain families have the opportunity to receive help. Or whether help is needed by certain categories of the population, mostly elderly households who have no income and own a field. or real estate, “the minister pointed out.

BELGRADE: Dara in Jasenovac / Dara iz Jasenovca, Serbia’s application for the Oscars 2021 in the “Best International Feature Film” category, will be available for theatrical distribution in the USA on February 5, 2021. The WWII drama directed by Predrag Antonijević is distributed by Studio 101.

This feature is based on testimonials from survivors and is about a little girl (Dara) who is taken to the Jasenovac Holocaust extermination camp, one of the concentration camps of the Croatian fascist organization Ustaše, to which the Serbs were sent after the Kozara Mountain Offensive.

Dara in Jasenovac / Dara iz Jasenovca is an entirely Serbian production produced by Dandelion Production Inc in co-production with Film Danas and Komuna. It was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia and the Film Center of Serbia.

The script was written by Nataša Drakulić. The DoP of the film is Milos Kodemo. The key characters are played by Biljana Čekić, Anja Stanić Ilić, Zlatan Vidović, Nikolina Friganović, Nataša Ninković, Vuk Kostić, Marko Janketić, Igor Đorđević, Tatjana Kecman, Bojan Žirović and Jovo Maksiovićs. The film was produced by Predrag Antonijević and Maksa Ćatović.

Distribution in Serbia is planned for April 22, 2021. The local distributor is MCF Megacom Film. The film originally premiered in early 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of prisoners’ escape from the camp. It was postponed to October and then postponed a second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BELGRADE: Dara in Jasenovac / Dara iz Jasenovca, Serbia’s application for the Oscars 2021 in the “Best International Feature Film” category, will be available for theatrical distribution in the USA on February 5, 2021. The WWII drama directed by Predrag Antonijević is distributed by Studio 101.

This feature is based on testimonials from survivors and is about a little girl (Dara) who is taken to the Jasenovac Holocaust extermination camp, one of the concentration camps of the Croatian fascist organization Ustaše, to which the Serbs were sent after the Kozara Mountain Offensive.

Dara in Jasenovac / Dara iz Jasenovca is an entirely Serbian production produced by Dandelion Production Inc in co-production with Film Danas and Komuna. It was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia and the Film Center of Serbia.

The script was written by Nataša Drakulić. The DoP of the film is Milos Kodemo. The key characters are played by Biljana Čekić, Anja Stanić Ilić, Zlatan Vidović, Nikolina Friganović, Nataša Ninković, Vuk Kostić, Marko Janketić, Igor Đorđević, Tatjana Kecman, Bojan Žirović and Jovo Maksiovićs. The film was produced by Predrag Antonijević and Maksa Ćatović.

Distribution in Serbia is planned for April 22, 2021. The local distributor is MCF Megacom Film. The film originally premiered in early 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of prisoners’ escape from the camp. It was postponed to October and then postponed a second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.