Pohang City Extends Application Deadline for 'Nong-eomin Allowance' Until March 11

30 Million Won Each for Pohang Sarang Card in First and Second Half, 60 Million Won Annually

Pohang City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province announced that it will extend the application period for the ‘Farmer and Fisherman Allowance’ from the original February 28 to March 11 to create a sustainable agricultural and fishery environment.

The ‘Gyeongsangbuk-do Farmer and Fisherman Allowance’ is a system introduced for the first time this year to pay allowances to farmers and fishermen who maintain and enhance the public value of agriculture, fisheries, and rural areas, aiming to boost the pride of agricultural workers and create a sustainable agricultural and fishery environment.

Applications can be made at the administrative welfare centers in the applicant’s residential eup, myeon, or dong. Eligibility requires the applicant to be the head of a management entity registered with agricultural and fishery management information, have had a residence in Gyeongbuk Province for more than one year before January 1 of the application year, and have continuously engaged in agriculture, forestry, or fisheries in Gyeongbuk Province for more than one year.

However, those whose comprehensive income excluding agriculture and fisheries in the year before the previous year (for 2022, this means 2020) is 37 million KRW or more, those who fraudulently received subsidies such as direct payments in the previous year, public officials and employees of public institutions, and those who have been penalized for violating the Agricultural Land Act, Mountainous Area Management Act, Livestock Epidemic Prevention Act, or Fisheries Act are excluded from the payment target.

Lee Kang-deok, Mayor of Pohang, said, “We expect that supporting the farmer and fisherman allowance will help stabilize the income of agricultural and fishery workers,” and added, “We ask for your great interest so that more farmers and fishermen can benefit through the extension of the application period.”

Farmers and fishermen selected as final recipients will receive the farmer and fisherman allowance twice a year, 300,000 KRW each time, totaling 600,000 KRW annually, paid via the local currency Pohang Sarang Card.

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