Qfor those who are interested or are beneficiaries of Colombia Mayor, there is important information about what this program means and the evolution it will have in 2024. However, it is necessary to clarify how much and how the payment for the fourth cycle is being made and what will change for the fifth period with the so-called Pension Bonus.
Deadline to collect Colombia Mayor in May 2024
He Department for Social Prosperity (DPS) announced in mid-April that the resource delivery dates began on April 26 and would end on Friday, May 10. So There is less than a week left to access this help for seniorswho do not have a pension or resources to support themselves.
In terms of figures, It is known that the fourth cycle of payments would be 1,675,210 older people who would receive the money, in addition, 147,133 million pesos were allocated to deliver. And after 3 weeks of deliveries nationwide, the period will close, which will be the last one that maintains the conditions and quantities that have been handled since 2023.
Confirmations of the payment point and day will be made through text messages to the cell phone number registered in the official data. But if there is any inconsistency or error, During this period, data will also be updated from Social Prosperity so that everything is clear regarding payments for the present and future months.
Conditions to receive payment from Colombia Mayor for April-May 2024
From the National Government, the criteria they have explained to be in the database managed by this program are the following, clarifying that “There is no need to buy any product at the payment point”since some cases and confusions have been reported in this regard:
- Be a Colombian citizen.
- Have resided during the last ten (10) years in the national territory.
- Be at least three years younger than the age required to receive an old-age pension (Currently, 54 years for women and 59 for men).
- Lacking sufficient income or income to survive. According to Sisbén IV, all levels of groups A and B and C are taken up to subgroup C1.
How to receive disbursements from Colombia Mayor in April-May 2024?
The SuperGiros company is in charge of distributing the money and resources nationwide and there is an official link to check which point you should go to: https://acortar.link/0nIbee. But for people who are over 90 years old there is an option for officials from the same company to go to the beneficiary’s home and give them the money:
People over 90 years of age have the option of receiving payments at home, as long as they prefer. SuperGiros will contact the beneficiary to coordinate the delivery of the incentive
This is the indication given by the Government to have information on the collection:
SuperGiros is the operator in charge of payment. It has a wide network of allies, with more than 27 thousand service points throughout the country. This is the SuperGiros directory, where you can consult the nearest payment point: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17JQ1a1pMaIMp4oyMGxpFwLXd3u_bZnXC/
The basic recommendations recommend counting the money in front of the cashier, requesting a payment slip and verifying that the value received is the same as that which appears on the certificate.
Money delivered by Colombia Mayor in April-May 2024
The DPS decreed unification of the value of the monthly subsidy of the Colombia Mayor program since the beginning of the current National Government of Gustavo Petro, it is 80,000 Colombian pesos for the beneficiaries. While in Bogotá, with resources from the Mayor’s Office, there is a special addition of 50,000 Colombian pesos to the beneficiaries of Colombia Mayor of the capital territory.
- Money from Colombia Mayor throughout the country (up to cycle 4): 80,000 Colombian pesos monthly.
- Money from Colombia Mayor in Bogotá (until cycle 4): 130,000 Colombian pesos monthly.
Home of Colombia Mayor and Pension Bonus in Colombia
According to him announcement by President Gustavo Petro, the increase from 80,000 to 223,000 Colombian pesos will begin to be paid in the fifth payment cycle, meaning it will only be from the month of May. AND This will have one more condition, since it will only be for those over 80 years of age, but the 80,000 Colombian pesos will be maintained for those who reach the pension age (currently, 57 years for women and 62 for men) reaching 79 years of age..
This is how the panorama looks, waiting for the national government itself to confirm these figures:
- Money from Colombia Mayor throughout the country (from cycle 5) for those under 80 years of age: 80,000 Colombian pesos monthly
- Money from Colombia Mayor throughout the country (from cycle 5) for people over 80 years of age: 80,000 Colombian pesos monthly
- Money from Colombia Mayor in Bogotá (from cycle 5) for those under 80 years of age: 130,000 Colombian pesos monthly
- Money from Colombia Mayor in Bogotá (from cycle 5) for people over 80 years of age: it has not been defined
And according to the official information from the Presidency of the Republic, the increase in monetary transfers from Colombia Mayor It comes out of the efforts of Social Prosperity, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Labor, the National Department of Planning and Colpensiones. But to know if the increase for all older adults can be unified, it will depend on the debate on the pension reform that begins to be discussed in the first week of March 2024.
