沙特政府向百姓月月發錢是真的！四月補貼18億到賬

之前在沙特出差就聽說過沙特公民的福利好，每月會有各種補貼，直接以現金的形式發放。現在終于看到了媒體的報道，看來不是空穴來風。

沙特阿拉伯的公民賬戶計劃是一個始于2017年12月的現金轉賬計劃。勞動和社會發展部采用和實施該項計劃。通過該計劃，沙特阿拉伯的公民每月都會從沙特政府擷取付款。

The Citizen's Account Program in Saudi Arabia is a cash transfer program that started in December 2017. The program is adopted and implemented by The Ministry of Labor and Social Development. Through the program, citizens in Saudi Arabia get monthly payments from the state.

沙特阿拉伯正在進行許多改革，以減少該國對石油收入的依賴，但其中許多改革已經使一些人變得更窮。公民賬戶計劃作為基本收入的一種形式，旨在平衡這一點，以避免在高石油、燃料和能源價格的情況下仍發生的高貧窮率。這一财政支援旨在減輕電費和汽油漲價以及對許多産品征收增值稅造成的影響。

Saudi Arabia is doing many reforms to reduce the country's dependency on oil revenues, but many of these reforms have made some people poorer. The Citizen's Account, which is a form of basic income, is designed to balance this up, to avoid higher rates of poverty which would otherwise occur despite higher prices for oil, fuel and energy. This financial support comes as a response to the increase the costs of electricity and gasoline as well as the impose of VAT on many products.

2017年12月，就在該項目開始之前，已有超過370萬家庭注冊，代表1300萬人，占人口的一半以上。截至2021年3月，該項目已正式支付了24億美元。

In December 2017, immediately before the program began, more than 3.7 million households had registered, representing 13 million people, or more than half the population. As of March 2021, the program has officially paid out $2,400,000,000

沙特阿拉伯的公民賬戶計劃周日向1030萬受益人賬戶存入了18億沙特裡亞爾（合4.8億美元）的4月份補貼。

Saudi Arabia’s Citizen Account Program on Sunday deposited SR1.8 billion ($480 million) into the accounts of 10.3 million beneficiaries for April.

補發的上一期的津貼總額為2500萬裡亞爾。Total compensation for the previous instalment, paid retroactively, stood at SR25 million.

制定這項國家計劃是通過每月向公民賬号現金轉賬，來保護沙特公民家庭免受經濟改革所帶來的直接、間接以及預期的影響。The national scheme was created to protect Saudi households from the direct, indirect and expected impacts of the economic reforms taking place in the Kingdom through monthly cash transfers into their accounts.

自2017年12月啟動以來，該現金轉賬計劃已發放了1160億沙特裡亞爾。The cash transfer program has distributed SR116 billion in payments since it was launched in December 2017.

該計劃的的交流部主任阿蔔杜拉·哈傑裡說，76%的受益人獲得了全額福利，平均每個家庭收到1065沙特裡亞爾。The program’s director general of communications, Abdullah Al-Hajri, said that 76 percent of beneficiaries received full benefits, with an average support of SR1,065 per household.

沙特公民的生活補貼的多少将根據年齡、家庭每月收入和家庭人口數量決定。The cost-of-living supplements for Saudi citizens are based on age, household monthly income and the number of people living in a property.