📌 As part of the implementation of the instructions of the Head of State, Kazakhstan is carrying out comprehensive work to review its social policy and improve mechanisms for providing state support.
The focus will now be on objectively assessing the financial situation of families to ensure that state assistance is provided based on citizens’ actual needs.
In this regard, the Methodology for Determining the Social Well-Being of Families has been revised to introduce new approaches to assessing household income, assets, and financial obligations.
As Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population Askarbek Yertayev noted, certain assessment criteria were reconsidered during the improvement of the methodology.
“In particular, approaches to assessing income and credit obligations, including mortgage loans, have been revised. The ownership and condition of vehicles and agricultural machinery have also been taken into account. At the same time, we have completely excluded agricultural machinery manufactured more than 20 years ago from the assessment. The ownership of an individual business or a legal entity is not taken into account. Small land plots and household farming activities are also excluded from consideration,” the Minister stated.
In addition, the revised methodology provides for the consideration of family maintenance expenses, credit obligations, and circumstances related to having a sole breadwinner or owning only one residential property.
Furthermore, a review of 30 government information systems will be conducted, while local executive bodies will jointly verify the financial circumstances of social benefit recipients.
These measures are aimed at improving the accuracy of assessments of citizens’ well-being and ensuring that state support reaches those who genuinely need it.
