{"id":3750,"date":"2019-05-11T15:10:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T15:10:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-05-11T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T15:10:38","slug":"the-saudi-government-deposited-a-whopping-sar-2-5-billion-directly-in-some-bank-accounts-of-citizens-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/announcements\/the-saudi-government-deposited-a-whopping-sar-2-5-billion-directly-in-some-bank-accounts-of-citizens-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saudi Government Deposited A Whopping SAR 2.5 Billion Directly In Bank Accounts Of Some Citizens In May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/this-place-in-saudi-arabia-is-equivalent-to-maldives-as-per-the-boss-of-a-major-hotel-chain\">Saudi<\/a> government is running a welfare scheme called the Citizen Account Program in which the government directly transfers cash to bank accounts of its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>According <a href=\"https:\/\/aawsat.com\/english\/home\/article\/1716256\/saudi-citizen-account-deposits-sr25-billion-beneficiaries\"><u>Asharq Al Awsat<\/u><\/a>, the government has deposited a huge SAR 2.5 billion for selected beneficiaries for the month of May.<\/p>\n<p>The program is managed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MLSD). Over 12.3 million individuals and entities have benefited from this program.<\/p>\n<h3>The total amount of funds dispersed directly to citizen\u2019s accounts from the start of the program in December 2017 amounts to a whopping SAR 42.5 billion.<\/h3>\n<p>The amount received by each household varies but it averages to around SAR 1,000 per month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saudi government is running a welfare scheme called the Citizen Account Program in which the government directly transfers cash to bank accounts of its citizens. According Asharq Al Awsat, the government has deposited a huge SAR 2.5 billion for selected beneficiaries for the month of May. 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