{"id":25912,"date":"2025-02-01T18:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25912"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:48:31","slug":"over-221000-registered-for-100000-cash-grant-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/over-221000-registered-for-100000-cash-grant-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 221,000 Registered for $100,000 Cash Grant Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Samuel Sukhnandan<\/em><br><em>December 19, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The registration process for the $100,000 one-off cash grant is well underway, with over 221,000 individuals already registered and set to benefit soon, according to Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, the General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP) and Vice-President of Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an update shared during his weekly press conference, Dr. Jagdeo outlined the progress of the cash grant distribution across several regions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, more than 16,000 people have registered in Region 1, with distribution currently ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Region 7, approximately 12,000 people have registered, and distribution is expected to commence soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The distribution began on December 3 in Region 9, followed by Region 8 on December 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo also noted that the registration process is still ongoing in other regions, and the cash grant distribution will continue as verification and processing are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has made significant progress in registering pensioners, with over 44,000 pensioners registered so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of these, 27,000 checks have been printed, while the remaining registrations are being verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo also addressed the financial aspect of the initiative, stating that the government has already requested $30.5 billion for the first stage of cash distribution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining funds will be requested during the upcoming fiscal year to complete the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the registration and distribution continue, the government is working to ensure that all eligible individuals, including those in the remaining five regions, will receive their cash grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel SukhnandanDecember 19, 2024 The registration process for the $100,000 one-off cash grant is well underway, with over 221,000 individuals already registered and set to benefit soon, according to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25913,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912\/revisions\/25913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}