Chungnam Province to Issue 'Happiness Card' for Women Farmers and Fishermen This Month

[Asia Economy (Naepo) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province will issue the ‘Agricultural and Fishery Workers Happiness Voucher Card (hereinafter referred to as the Happiness Card)’ this month to improve the welfare of local women engaged in agriculture and fisheries.

On the 27th, the province announced that it had delivered the Happiness Cards to representatives of local women farmers. The Happiness Card is provided to women agricultural and fishery workers in rural areas, where cultural conditions are relatively poor, to offer cultural and welfare opportunities. The card is loaded with 200,000 KRW, including a 30,000 KRW self-payment.

Women agricultural and fishery workers can use the Happiness Card at medical device and supply stores, performance halls and exhibition centers, beauty salons, photo studios, bookstores, swimming pools, lodging businesses, optical shops, movie theaters, and more.

In particular, this year the province expanded the eligibility for the Happiness Card from the previous age range of 20 to 73 years old to 20 to 75 years old, increasing the number of beneficiaries.

Additionally, by advancing the issuance period from September last year to April this year, the plan is to contribute to revitalizing the local economy, which has been depressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yang Seung-jo, Governor of Chungnam Province, said, “I hope the Happiness Card will enhance cultural benefits for women agricultural and fishery workers and also help revive the local economy in a situation where consumer sentiment has sharply declined due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.”

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