How to apply for rural minimum living allowance? A detailed explanation of the application process

The minimum living allowance is short for the minimum living guarantee for residents. It is a system of minimum living guarantee established on the basis of the “three guarantee lines” already set up in cities, namely the basic living guarantee for laid-off workers of state-owned enterprises, unemployment insurance, and the minimum living guarantee for urban residents. Now let us take a look at how to apply for the rural minimum living allowance policy!

Conditions for applying for the rural minimum living allowance

To apply for rural minimum living allowance benefits, the following conditions must be met at the same time: holding an agricultural resident household registration in the county, living in a rural village group and having contracted land as a rural resident, and the per capita annual net income and actual living standard of the family members living together being lower than the local rural minimum living allowance standard (ask the local civil affairs department for specifics).

Materials required to apply for the rural minimum living allowance

1. Materials: a written application, the household register of family members, a group photo of the family members living together, contracts or certificates for contracted land, mountain forests, and water surfaces, proof of income for migrant workers, divorce certificates where a divorced family involves support, assistance, or maintenance relationships, proof of income for non-agricultural household members in families that include such members, a valid health certificate where there is a dispute over working capacity, a disability certificate for persons with disabilities, and other relevant materials required by the approval and management authority.

2. Application: The household head who holds a local rural household registration, whose family members living together have a per capita annual net income lower than the local rural minimum living allowance standard, and whose actual living standard is lower than the local rural minimum living allowance standard shall submit a written application to the township government (including subdistrict offices) at the place of household registration and truthfully provide the following relevant supporting materials and copies (household register, resident identity card, marital status certificate, disability certificate issued by the civil affairs department, labor department, or disabled persons' federation, proof of working capacity issued by a designated hospital, proof of wage income of family members issued by the employer or village committee, proof issued by the village committee of the quantity and quality of family operating income and production materials such as cultivated land, mountain forests, and water surfaces over which the family has contracted or leased use rights or operating rights, student ID, admission notice, and relevant certificates from the school the student attends, relevant certificates issued by the police station and township government at the place of household registration where family members living together are not registered in the same place, and other supporting materials such as laid-off certificates, retirement certificates, employment status certificates, pension insurance certificates, medical insurance certificates, unemployment insurance certificates, and relevant ruling and judgment materials.).

Application procedures for the rural minimum living allowance policy

1. Village committee review: Entrusted by the township government, the village committee forms a rural minimum living allowance benefit review group composed of village cadres, township-assigned village cadres, village representatives, veteran Party members, and other members. It is responsible for the preliminary review of the assessment and calculation of the applicant's family income and actual living standard, convenes a meeting of the village review group for democratic review, puts forward preliminary opinions, and publicizes the review results for no less than 3 days (the public notice includes the applicant's family population, the working capacity of family members, and the family's per capita annual net income). If the conditions are met and the public has no objections after the public notice, the (Rural Minimum Living Allowance Application and Approval Form) is issued and filled out. After the person in charge of the review group signs an opinion, it is reported together with the relevant supporting materials to the township government for reexamination. If the conditions are not met, the application and supporting materials are returned to the applicant and an explanation is given. If the public raises objections after the public notice, the matter is submitted to the township government for reexamination.

2. Township government review: The township government forms a rural minimum living allowance benefit evaluation committee composed of the leader in charge, civil affairs, finance, statistics, industry and commerce, and cadres of each village Party branch and village committee, and other members. It is responsible for reviewing the application materials reported by the village committee. When necessary, the evaluation committee may investigate and assess the applicant's family income and living standard. If the conditions are met, the township leader in charge signs a review opinion on the , and it is reported together with the applicant's relevant supporting materials to the county-level civil affairs department. If the conditions are not met, it is returned to the village committee, and the village committee explains the matter to the applicant.

3. Approval by the county-level civil affairs department: The county-level civil affairs department determines the date for handling rural minimum living allowances each year. Within the prescribed time limit, from the date of receiving the applicant's application, the approval procedures shall be completed within 20 working days (excluding the time of 2 public notices). Those meeting the prescribed conditions shall be approved promptly. For those not approved to receive rural minimum living allowance benefits, the reasons shall be explained in the , and it shall be delivered to the applicant through the township government or by entrusting the village committee.

4. Public notice and distribution after approval: The county-level civil affairs department hands the approval results to the township government or entrusts the village committee to publicize them again in the village committee notice board for no less than 3 days (on the basis of the content of the review results public notice, the time of approval to receive rural minimum living allowance benefits and the annual amount of minimum living allowance received by the family are added). If there are no objections, the county-level civil affairs department issues the minimum living allowance certificate and the minimum living allowance collection card, and from the month following the date of approval, the minimum living allowance is distributed quarterly through banks. If there are objections, the township government reports the situation to the county-level civil affairs department and reexamines the applicant's family income. The county-level civil affairs department, based on the reexamination, carries out the approval procedures again, and when necessary, shall investigate and assess the applicant's family income and actual living standard or hire a professional investigation unit to assist with the investigation and assessment.