At the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Tokyo, 80 percent of the Olympic delegation and 95 percent of the Paralympic delegation were beneficiaries of the program.
In all, BRL 78,701,750 has been handed out to pay the 12-month benefit under the government’s Bolsa Atleta, created in 2005 to sponsor high-performance sportspeople in national and international competitions. The monthly allowance may reach BRL 15 thousand.
With the update of the country’s Social Programs Registry (CadÚnico), 1.48 million beneficiaries were excluded from Bolsa Família, and 694,200 families were included.
The government’s original bill stipulated the amount would be valid only until the end of this year. In a vote on May 4, lawmakers decided to add a complement to the previous BRL 224 voucher.
A significant number of workers will be out of employment during the Carnival period and will lack this source of income, Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes declared.
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