Decision No. 09/2011/QD-TTg dated January 30, 2011 of the Prime Minister setting norms on poor households and households in danger of falling into poverty for the 2011-2015 period

ADJUSTING AVERAGE INCOME IN SETTING NORMS ON POOR HOUSEHOLDS TWO TIMES

The Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 09/2011/QD-TTg dated January 30, 2011 on setting norms on poor households and households in danger of falling into poverty for the 2011-2015 period

Accordingly, a rural poor household is a household with each member earning an average income of up to VND 400,000 per month (or VND 4,800,000 per year); an urban poor household is a household with each member earning an average income of up to VND 500.000 per month (or VND 6,000,000 per year). So compared to the norms on poor households in 2006 – 2010 period (VND 200,000 per month with each member and VND 260,000 per month with each member), the average income in setting norms on poor households are adjusted too times.

The adjustment in average income in setting norms on poor households is considered as the useful technique in increasing price situations in necessary goods such as food, food products, health and so on. Besides, when the inflation rate is always high, this adjustment helps in not excluding poor households from objectives which receive beneficiaries.

As also mentioned in the Decision, a rural household in danger of falling into poverty is a household with each member earning an average income of between VND 401,000 and VND 520.000 per month;  an urban household in danger of falling into poverty is a household with each member earning an average income of between VND 501,000 and VND 650,000 per month.

The above poverty lines are served as a basis for realizing social security policies and other socio­economic policies. This Decision takes effect on January 1, 2011.